Neftçi perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Sumqayıt can look both up and down from their 4th position.
Sumqayıt play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Sumqayıt when playing on grass are 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from 15 matches. They have scored 14 goals and conceded 20 times in these games.
Neftçi form and stats
15 points is a decent return from 7 Premier League games here for Neftçi. The data says 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper S@lah@t Agayev not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Sumqayıt (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Azerbaidjan Cup game ended 0-0. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Sumqayıt the opponent.
Neftçi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Neftçi are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Sumqayıt form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Sumqayıt delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Neftçi (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Azerbaidjan Cup game. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Neftçi.
Sumqayıt are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. 9 goals have been conceded by Sumqayıt in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Sumqayıt - Neftçi 2-4 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Neftçi victories, 2 draws and 3 Sumqayıt wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Babaei Alibeyk 6 goals |   S. Joseph-Monrose 5 goals |  E. Mahmudov 3 goals |
Neftçi missing players
Sumqayıt missing players
| Neftçi | Sumqayıt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 79% | 71% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 43% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 43% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 14% | 21% |
| 7.1 | 6.9 | 2.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 204 | 97 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 2 | 58 | 100 |
| 76 | 37 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 26 | 39 |
| 24% | 30% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 36% |
- All of Sumqayıt's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Neftçi have created more than twice as many corners as Sumqayıt.
- Neftçi have not yet lost a game at home.
- Neftçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Neftçi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sumqayıt 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Kesl FK | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 5 | Zira | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 6 | Sabah | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 7 | Qabala | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 13 |
| 8 | Sebail | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 12 |