This promises to be another action-packed battle at Bakcell Arena in the Premier League. Neftçi is in 3rd place and host Qarabağ in 2nd position. Read all about the fixture here!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Neftçi form and stats
A Premier League draw at home so far for Neftçi. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 14 matches.
A good away victory last time out for Neftçi, who won 2-1 against Zira (placed 6th). A late climax in the match against Zira as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by E. Mahmudov.
In the match before that, Neftçi hosted Qabala and drew the game 2-2.At Bakcell Arena, Neftçi has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Qarabağ form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Premier League away game of the season. During their previous season 14 away games resulted in 5 wins, 8 draws and 1 defeat.
Impressive finishing from F. Ozobić and M. Qurbanlı (2) secured the home win 3-0 against Sebail in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Zira that ended 1-1.Qarabağ have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Neftçi-Qarabağ H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Neftçi four wins, Qarabağ three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Muradbəyli 2 goals |   M. Gurbanli 2 goals | V. Stanković 1 goals |
Neftçi missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Neftçi | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 8.5 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 15 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 25% |
| Neftçi | Last season | Qarabağ | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 8 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 47 | 21 | Scored | S | 25 | 64 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 89% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 82% | ||
| 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 50% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 39% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 46% | ||
| 43% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 14% | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.3 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.9 | 16.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 7.5 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sumqayıt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Neftçi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Qabala | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Sebail | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 6 | Zira | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Kesl FK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 8 | Sabah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Neftçi | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 22 | 59 |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 64 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 46 | 57 |
| 3 | Sumqayıt | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -1 | 39 |
| 4 | Zira | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 | Sabah | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 29 |
| 6 | Kesl FK | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 26 |
| 7 | Qabala | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 24 | -21 | 26 |
| 8 | Sebail | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | -21 | 24 |