Welcome to the show! Today's leading roles are Neftçi and Qarabağ, victory is the objective and 90 minutes the length.
- Neftçi have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals (40) in Premier League
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Qarabağ could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.
Neftçi form and stats
Neftçi have performed here at Bakcell Arena this season with 5 wins from 7 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. Neftçi has recorded two wins in a row here at Bakcell Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Neftçi's last game was hosting Sebail (placed 8th) and winning 3-1. Mahmudov was absolutely essential when Neftçi beat Sebail 3-1, scoring three goals.
Before that, Neftçi had a home game versus Qabala which ended with a victory 2-0.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 7 games), Neftçi's attacking play is working.
Qarabağ form and stats
The away performances of Qarabağ have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
Qarabağ have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 233 minutes ago. Kwabena was the goal scorer. 285 minutes! That's how long the Qarabağ goalkeeper Sahruddin M@h@mm@d@liyev and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Qarabağ's last game was the home draw against Zira (0-0).
Before that, Qarabağ travelled to Sabah and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Qarabağ are regular goalscorers on their travels. Qarabağ are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {1 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
The 5 latest games featuring these two teams have all finished as Qarabağ wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.The latest head to head game ended Qarabağ - Neftçi 3-1, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Gurbanli 12 goals |  R. Şeydayev 11 goals |   E. Mahmudov 9 goals |
Neftçi missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Neftçi | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 17 | 40 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 87% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 73% |
| 67% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 60% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 53% |
| 13% | 29% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 53% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 40% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 86% | 60% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 14% | 13% |
| 3.9 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6.1 | 6.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 13 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 14.1 | 14.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 40% | 46% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 8.5 | 8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
- Neftçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Neftçi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Neftçi have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
- Neftçi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Qarabağ have not yet lost a game.
- Qarabağ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most clean sheets (6) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most points (19) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals (17) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals (40) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the the best goal difference (+16) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the the best goal difference (+32) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qarabağ | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 41 |
| 2 | Sabah | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| 3 | Neftçi | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Zira | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -5 | 23 |
| 5 | Qabala | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Turan | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 16 |
| 7 | Kesl FK | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 11 |
| 8 | Sebail | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 10 |
| 9 | Kapaz | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 10 |
| 10 | Sumqayt | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -17 | 6 |
