Neftçi welcomes Sabah as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Azerbaijan Premier League
Date: Mon 19.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bakcell Arena (15000 seats)

It's a new Premier League campaign and Neftçi are eager to get started here at Bakcell Arena. Sabah are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

It's no vacation for neither Neftçi nor Sabah as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Neftçi form and stats

Last season, Neftçi's league statistics were 17 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Premier League. Over these 28 matches they scored 52 goals and conceded 26. Playing at home last season Neftçi managed 8-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 15 conceded.

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Sabah form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sabah performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 20 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 8/16 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Neftçi - Sabah 1-1 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Neftçi won 4 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Sabah has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 3

Top Goalscorers

B. Dabo
14 goals
E. Mahmudov
8 goals
M. Dević
8 goals

Neftçi missing players

Sabah missing players

Neftçi Sabah
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
10 10 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3 3
3 3 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 10 10
3 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 4 4
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Neftçi Last season Sabah
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
28 14 6 Played 4 14 28
17 8 4 Won 0 4 7
7 3 1 Drew 1 3 6
4 3 1 Lost 3 7 15
52 30 11 Scored 1 8 20
26 15 3 Conceded 9 16 41
93% 93% 83% Over 0.5 100% 86% 93%
86% 93% 83% Over 1.5 100% 57% 71%
54% 64% 33% Over 2.5 50% 29% 39%
32% 43% 17% Over 3.5 0% 0% 11%
11% 21% 17% Over 4.5 0% 0% 4%
57% 57% 17% BTTS 25% 14% 36%
43% 43% 83% Clean Sheets 0% 43% 25%
7% 7% 17% Failed To Score 75% 57% 46%
 
5.5 6.7 8.8 Corners For (avg) 2 3.2 3.6
3.8 3.8 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 7 4.6 4.6
2.6 2.8 2.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.8 2.9 2.9
3 2 2 Red Cards 0 2 6
Key stats last season:
  • Neftçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Neftçi have scored more than double the goals of Sabah.
  • Neftçi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sabah have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Neftçi
All Azerbaidjan Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
11-05-19 PL Neftçi 2 - 3 Qarabağ
11-07-19 EL Speranta Nisporeni 0 - 3 Neftçi
18-07-19 EL Neftçi 6 - 0 Speranta Nisporeni
25-07-19 EL Arsenal Tula 0 - 1 Neftçi
01-08-19 EL Neftçi 3 - 0 Arsenal Tula
08-08-19 EL Neftçi 2 - 2 Bnei Yehuda
15-08-19 EL Bnei Yehuda 2 - 1 Neftçi
19-08-19 PL Neftçi 1 - 1 Sabah
26-08-19 PL Zira 00:00 Neftçi
01-09-19 PL Neftçi - Sumqayıt
Sabah
All Azerbaidjan Cup Birinci Dasta Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
01-04-19 PL Qabala 0 - 0 Sabah
07-04-19 PL Sabah 3 - 1 Sebail
13-04-19 PL Qarabağ 3 - 0 Sabah
19-04-19 PL Sabah 0 - 2 Neftçi
27-04-19 PL Sabah 1 - 1 Keşlə FK
05-05-19 PL Sumqayıt 1 - 0 Sabah
11-05-19 PL Sabah 0 - 3 Zira
19-08-19 PL Neftçi 1 - 1 Sabah
25-08-19 PL Sabah 00:00 Keşlə FK
31-08-19 PL Zira - Sabah

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Keşlə FK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Neftçi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Qabala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Qarabağ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Sabah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sumqayıt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Zira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 D P
1 Qarabağ 28 20 6 2 65 21 14 9 4 1 30 11 14 11 2 1 35 10 44 66
2 Neftçi 28 17 7 4 52 26 14 8 3 3 30 15 14 9 4 1 22 11 26 58
3 Sebail 28 12 5 11 34 37 14 5 4 5 14 16 14 7 1 6 20 21 -3 41
4 Qabala 28 9 9 10 31 33 14 6 5 3 18 14 14 3 4 7 13 19 -2 36
5 Zira 28 8 7 13 30 40 14 4 4 6 13 21 14 4 3 7 17 19 -10 31
6 Sumqayıt 28 8 5 15 24 42 14 5 1 8 11 23 14 3 4 7 13 19 -18 29
7 Sabah 28 7 6 15 20 41 14 3 3 8 12 25 14 4 3 7 8 16 -21 27
8 Keşlə FK 28 6 5 17 29 45 14 3 1 10 12 20 14 3 4 7 17 25 -16 23

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