It's still early in the Premier League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Neftçi - Sabah preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Neftçi and Sabah.
Neftçi form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Neftçi at their home stadium (Bakcell Arena) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Prior to that, an away loss at Zira.
Neftçi has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Neftçi have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). Three has not been a lucky number for Sabah as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Zira match. Sabah has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Kesl FK.
Sabah have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 3 goals have been scored. 4 goals have been conceded by Sabah in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Neftçi won six games, one match ended with a draw and Sabah has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fourNeftçi missing players
Sabah missing players
| Neftçi | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 | 36 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 43 | 60 |
| 23 | 13 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 15 | 21 |
| 26% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 29% |
- Neftçi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sabah has the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Premier League
- Sabah has the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in Premier League
- Sabah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zira | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Kesl FK | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Qarabag | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Neftçi | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 6 | Sabah | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Sebail | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Qabala | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |