Premier League: Two participants who have played splendidly up to now. Prepare for Neftçi - Sabah with this broad preview!
- Neftçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sabah have the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League
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.
Neftçi form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Neftçi have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Neftçi's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Sabah (placed 2nd).
Before that match, a win away at Kapaz.The Neftçi manager Reghecampf has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded.
Sabah form and stats
4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sabah, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Sabah have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
It's the second away game in a row for Sabah, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Neftçi (placed 3rd) last time out.
Before that, Sabah secured a home win against Zira with the score 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sabah playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 6 Sabah wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
The Sabah manager Musaev has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Sabah in these games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other previously this season, with the result Neftçi - Sabah 2-3 registered in the official records. The referee got to use his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the culprit was Zulfugarli (Neftçi). Neftçi-Sabah H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Neftçi five wins, Sabah three wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mickels 7 goals |   E. Mahmudov 5 goals | E. Apeh 4 goals |
Neftçi missing players
Sabah missing players
| Neftçi | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 91% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 82% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 64% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 3.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 14.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.4 | 12.9 |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 37% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 44% | 45% |
| 8.5 | 6.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 8 | 6.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
- Neftçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Neftçi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sabah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sabah have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sabah have the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League
- Sabah have the most scored goals (12) away in Premier League
- Sabah have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Premier League
- Sabah haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qarabag | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 30 |
| 2 | Sabah | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Neftçi | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Zira | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | -2 | 19 |
| 5 | Qabala | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Turan | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 7 | Sebail | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 8 | Kapaz | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | -19 | 5 |
| 9 | Kesl FK | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 4 |
| 10 | Sumqayt | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -14 | 4 |
