27 rounds of fixtures have been played and both Neftçi and Qarabağ are up there with the best. Let's go!
- Neftçi have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals (64) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Neftçi are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Qarabağ are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Neftçi form and stats
Neftçi have performed here at Bakcell Arena this season with 8 wins from 13 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Neftçi, as their goalkeeper Aqil M@mm@dov has completely shut out the opponents for 331 minutes in the Premier League.
Neftçi are returning here after visiting Sumqayıt in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. V. Stanković scored the goal(s). Defender A. Krivotsyuk got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 0.0/10. Krivotsyuk .
In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Sebail.A decent goal production from Neftçi in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Qarabağ form and stats
5 wins, 8 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Qarabağ, who have the most scored goals (64) in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Things are running smoothly for Qarabağ who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Neftçi.
The Qarabağ goalkeeper Emil Balayev is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 253 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from O. Kwabena and M. Emreli secured the home win 2-0 against Keşlə FK in their previous game. E. Balayev (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 0.0. Balayev .
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Sabah.The travelling fans enjoy Qarabağ's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 13 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Qarabağ as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Qarabağ - Neftçi 1-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Neftçi victories, four draws and three Qarabağ wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Ələsgərov 19 goals |   M. Mədətov 18 goals |  F. Ozobić 11 goals |
Neftçi missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Neftçi | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 | 20 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 25 | 64 |
| 25 | 15 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 93% | 92% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 77% | 89% |
| 70% | 77% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 77% | 85% |
| 56% | 54% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 52% |
| 33% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 33% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 22% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 46% | 48% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 54% | 52% |
| 26% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.6 | 12.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15.3 | 16.4 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.6 | 7.7 |
| 34% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 31% |
- Neftçi have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have not yet lost a game away.
- Qarabağ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most clean sheets (14) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals (64) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the the best goal difference (+18) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the the best goal difference (+47) in Premier League
| 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 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 64 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 47 | 57 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 21 | 56 |
| 3 | Zira | 27 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 36 |
| 5 | Sabah | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -11 | 26 |
| 6 | Qabala | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 26 |
| 7 | Sebail | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | -20 | 24 |
| 8 | Keşlə FK | 27 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -17 | 23 |