2nd spot in the Premier League table for Neftçi so far, a fine campaign. The match-going followers pray for more glory as 4th-placed Zira visit Bakcell Arena.
- Neftçi have the most scored goals (14) in Premier League
- Zira have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Premier League
Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's look for an animated match!
Neftçi form and stats
The total Premier League stats playing at home this season for Neftçi are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Neftçi shared the glory with Sumqayıt in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Sebail.The Neftçi manager S. Abasov has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Neftçi's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zira form and stats
Zira are happy with their away performances in the Premier League so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Zira are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Qabala (placed 3rd).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Sumqayıt.The travelling fans enjoy Zira's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Zira as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams encountered each other previously this match year: Zira - Neftçi 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Neftçi wins - draws - Zira wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Volkovi 5 goals |   E. Mahmudov 2 goals | F. Muradbəyli 2 goals |
Neftçi missing players
Zira missing players
| Neftçi | Zira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 3.1 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 7.4 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 2.4 |
| 45% | 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 53% |
- All of Neftçi's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Zira's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Neftçi have scored in all their matches so far.
- Neftçi have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the most scored goals (14) in Premier League
- Neftçi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Neftçi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zira have not yet lost a game away.
- Zira have scored in all their matches so far.
- Zira have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Premier League
- Zira have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Zira haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Qabala | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Zira | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Sumqayıt | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Kesl FK | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 7 | Sebail | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 6 |
| 8 | Sabah | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 1 |