Game week two of the Premier League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Neftçi - Sumqayıt preview:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Neftçi form and stats
Neftçi have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats from 11 matches.
Neftçi's previous game was a Europa League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Shkupi. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Sebail.
Neftçi has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Last season, Neftçi's league statistics were 10 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Premier League. Over these 20 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 14. Playing at home last season Neftçi managed 6-5-0 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 7 conceded.
Sumqayıt form and stats
Sumqayıt are looking to quickly end their 211 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Europa League home defeat versus Skendija 79 with 0-2 on the scoreboard. A loss against Kesl FK was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.
Let's have a look at how Sumqayıt performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 12/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Neftçi wins - draws - Sumqayıt wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Ələsgərov 2 goals |
Neftçi missing players
Sumqayıt missing players
| Neftçi | Sumqayıt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Neftçi | Last season | Sumqayıt | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 75% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 85% | ||
| 45% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 25% | ||
| 10% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 10% | ||
| 45% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 45% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 30% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 25% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 2.5 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 271 | 144 | Total Shots | T S | 89 | 176 | ||
| 112 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 67 | ||
| 26% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Kesl FK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Qabala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Zira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sebail | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Sumqayıt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Sabah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qarabag | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 45 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Kesl FK | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 5 | Zira | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 23 |
| 6 | Sabah | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 7 | Sebail | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 20 |
| 8 | Qabala | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 19 |