Neftçi welcomes Sumqayıt as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Azerbaijan Premier League
Date: Sun 01.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bakcell Arena (15000 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Neftçi welcome Sumqayıt for the opening game at Bakcell Arena. Read on!

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.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Sumqayıt's home stadium. The visitors last 16 games on grass have ended in 2 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses.

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Neftçi form and stats

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Neftçi home games with this odds we find two games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 0 matches were won by at least two goals.

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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Sumqayıt form and stats

You'll want to know how Sumqayıt managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 0 draws and 1 home win.

Let's have a look at how Sumqayıt performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 5 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 13/19 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Neftçi - Sumqayıt 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Neftçi victories, 2 draws and 3 Sumqayıt wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

B. Dabo
14 goals
E. Mahmudov
8 goals

Neftçi missing players

Sumqayıt missing players

Neftçi Sumqayıt
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
3 2 1 Played 0 2 3
1 1 0 Won 0 1 1
1 1 1 Drew 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost 0 1 2
3 3 1 Scored 0 3 3
3 2 1 Conceded 0 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 0% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% BTTS 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 50% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 33%
 
9.7 10.5 10 Corners For (avg) 0 3 4.3
3 3 3 Corners Against (avg) 0 10 7
2.7 3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 4 3.7
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 2 2
Neftçi Last season Sumqayıt
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
3 2   Played   2 3
1 1   Won   1 1
1 1   Drew   0 0
1 0   Lost   1 2
3 3   Scored   3 3
3 2   Conceded   2 5
100% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
67% 100%   Over 1.5   100% 100%
33% 50%   Over 2.5   50% 67%
0% 0%   Over 3.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   Over 4.5   0% 0%
67% 100%   BTTS   50% 33%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets   50% 33%
33% 0%   Failed To Score   0% 33%
 
9.7 10.5   Corners For (avg)   3 4.3
3 3   Corners Against (avg)   10 7
2.7 3   Yellow Cards (avg)   4 3.7
1 1   Red Cards   2 2

Neftçi
All Azerbaidjan Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
11-05-19 PL Neftçi 2 - 3 Qarabag
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 1 - 0 Neftçi
01-09-19 PL Neftçi 2 - 1 Sumqayıt
Sumqayıt
All Azerbaidjan Cup Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-04-19 PL Sumqayıt 1 - 2 Sebail
23-04-19 AC Sumqayıt 0 - 0 Zira
27-04-19 PL Neftçi 2 - 3 Sumqayıt
01-05-19 AC Zira 3 - 3 Sumqayıt
05-05-19 PL Sumqayıt 1 - 0 Sabah
11-05-19 PL Sumqayıt 1 - 0 Qabala
19-05-19 AC Qabala 1 - 0 Sumqayıt
17-08-19 PL Qabala 0 - 2 Sumqayıt
24-08-19 PL Sumqayıt 0 - 3 Sebail
01-09-19 PL Neftçi 2 - 1 Sumqayıt

  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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