Preview: Neftçi expected to beat Sumqayıt at Bakcell Arena

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Competition: Azerbaijan Premier League
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bakcell Arena (11000 seats)

Welcome to Bakcell Arena and the match starring Neftçi & Sumqayıt in the Premier League. Tipsway has all you should know!

Insights:
  • Neftçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sumqayıt have the fewest scored goals (13) in Premier League

Only a few days to rest for the team playing at home, as they were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Zira, was also a home game here at Bakcell Arena. The away team is better rested.

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Neftçi form and stats

22 points is a decent return from 10 Premier League games here at Bakcell Arena for Neftçi. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Bakcell Arena.

Neftçi's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Zira (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sabah (0-2).

It should be taken into account that a look at the 12 most recent league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The Neftçi manager Reghecampf has got the team scoring with 21 from 10 home games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Sumqayıt form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sumqayıt so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-8 (win-draw-lose).

Sumqayıt had fun at their own home (Bakcell Arena) last time out, beating Turan 2-1.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Zira wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Sumqayıt we find 4 games. Results are 0 Sumqayıt wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Sumqayıt are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {5 goals} from 10 away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Sumqayıt have conceded 19 goals in their away games. Sumqayıt has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Neftçi have pulled off a streak of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (4-3-0) when facing Sumqayıt.

The two sides met each other earlier on this campaign: Sumqayıt - Neftçi 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

NeftçiE. Mahmudov
E. Mahmudov
10 goals
NeftçiA. Jaber
A. Jaber
4 goals
NeftçiK. Saief
K. Saief
3 goals

Neftçi missing players

Sumqayıt missing players

Neftçi Sumqayıt
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
13 7 3 Won W 0 1 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 6
5 2 0 Lost L 2 8 11
36 21 11 Scored S 1 5 13
21 11 3 Conceded C 6 19 34
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 85%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 65%
60% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 40%
30% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 25%
10% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
40% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 30% 35%
50% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 25%
15% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 55%
 
3.6 4.4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 4.3
4.3 4.3 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4 3.6
2 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.8 11.8 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 6.6 8.4
4.7 4.8 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 3.6
38% 44% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 16% 16%
 
9.6 9.1 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.1 11.4
3.9 3.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.6 5.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Neftçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Neftçi have scored more than double the goals of Sumqayıt.
  • Neftçi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sumqayıt have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sumqayıt have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sumqayıt have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Premier League
  • Sumqayıt have the fewest scored goals (13) in Premier League
  • Sumqayıt have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • Sumqayıt have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Premier League
  • Sumqayıt have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Premier League
  • Sumqayıt have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 21 18 3 0 55 12 10 9 1 0 27 8 11 9 2 0 28 4 43 57
2 Sabah 20 15 4 1 45 13 10 7 3 0 19 4 10 8 1 1 26 9 32 49
3 Neftçi 20 13 2 5 36 21 10 7 1 2 21 11 10 6 1 3 15 10 15 41
4 Zira 20 9 4 7 23 26 10 5 2 3 13 18 10 4 2 4 10 8 -3 31
5 Qabala 20 7 5 8 22 23 10 4 2 4 9 11 10 3 3 4 13 12 -1 26
6 Turan 20 4 5 11 14 27 10 2 1 7 9 17 10 2 4 4 5 10 -13 17
7 Kesl FK 20 3 7 10 17 32 10 2 4 4 9 13 10 1 3 6 8 19 -15 16
8 Sumqayıt 20 3 6 11 13 34 10 2 5 3 8 15 10 1 1 8 5 19 -21 15
9 Kapaz 21 2 8 11 19 39 11 2 4 5 11 15 10 0 4 6 8 24 -20 14
10 Sebail 20 3 4 13 15 32 10 3 1 6 8 13 10 0 3 7 7 19 -17 13