Premier League: Neftçi welcome Zira in what promises to be an entertaining football match. Here's a full preview!
- Neftçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
This looks to be an entertaining game with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Neftçi form and stats
Neftçi are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Bakcell Arena. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
In their previous game, the manager Reghecampf led his Neftçi to a defeat away at Sabah. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bakcell Arena.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Kesl FK.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Sumqayıt in only four days. This game is also played here at Bakcell Arena.
The Neftçi manager Reghecampf has got the team scoring with 20 from 9 home games in the league. Neftçi have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Zira form and stats
Playing away, Zira have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season. Visiting Zira has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Zira won their last game, 3-1 versus Sumqayıt played at home.
A loss, in the Azerbaidjan Cup away at Neftçi (after extra-time), before that.
A quick return to home after this game, as Zira are hosting Qabala in the Premier League only four days away.
Zira are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the result Zira - Neftçi 0-3 logged in the official records. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Neftçi won five, Zira were winners in two and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Mahmudov 10 goals |   S. Taşqın 5 goals | R. Sadikhov 5 goals |
Neftçi missing players
Zira missing players
| Neftçi | Zira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 35 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| 21 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 25 |
| 95% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 84% |
| 84% | 89% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 56% | 63% |
| 63% | 78% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 58% |
| 32% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 26% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 42% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 47% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 16% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 32% |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.8 | 11.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 38% | 45% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 34% |
| 9.5 | 9 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.7 | 10.9 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
- Neftçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Neftçi have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 41 | 53 |
| 2 | Sabah | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 29 | 46 |
| 3 | Neftçi | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Zira | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 31 |
| 5 | Qabala | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Turan | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 17 |
| 7 | Kesl FK | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 16 |
| 8 | Kapaz | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | -19 | 13 |
| 9 | Sumqayıt | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -22 | 12 |
| 10 | Sebail | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -18 | 10 |
