Delightful dogfight as daring Neftçi duel with determined Zira

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Competition: Azerbaijan Premier League
Competition: Fri 26.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bakcell Arena (11000 seats)

Zira have journeyed here for an engaging battle versus the hosting Neftçi. Get smart on the match with this full Premier League preview!

Insights:
  • Neftçi have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Premier League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Neftçi form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Neftçi have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.

Neftçi faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sabah (1-2). Before that beating this club had gone nine consecutive league meetings without a defeat. The defeat against Sabah was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Apeh).

Before that, Neftçi had a home game versus Kapaz which ended with a victory 5-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Neftçi handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Neftçi at home in the league. 5 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Zira form and stats

Only one away game in the Premier League so far for Zira and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 victories, 5 draws and 3 losses from 14 travels.

Zira played 0-0 against Sumqayıt in their previous match.

A 1-3 loss hosting Sabah before that.

We have checked recent matches where Zira have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

2 goals so far away for Zira, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Zira have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when facing Neftçi.

Top Goalscorers

ZiraS. Taşqın
S. Taşqın
2 goals
NeftçiE. Mahmudov
E. Mahmudov
1 goals
NeftçiE. Pascual İsrafilov
E. Pascual İsrafilov
1 goals

Neftçi missing players

Zira missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Neftçi Zira
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
7 5 0 Scored S 0 2 3
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4
5.3 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3.3
1.3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.3 20 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 7.7
6.7 10 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5
35% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 20%
 
9 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 7.7
4.3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 3.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Neftçi have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Premier League
Neftçi Last season Zira
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
2 0   Played P   14 28
0 0   Won W   6 13
1 0   Drew D   5 8
1 0   Lost L   3 7
0 0   Scored S   17 33
1 0   Conceded C   13 27
50% 0%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 89%
0% 0%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 68%
0% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 39%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 11%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 4%
0% 0%   BTTS BTTS   43% 43%
50% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 46%
100% 0%   Failed to Score F T   21% 21%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 4.1
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.2
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
0 0   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 8.3
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.1
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 39%
 
0 0   Shots against (avg) S A   10.3 9.4
0 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Qabala 3 3 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 7 9
2 Sabah 3 3 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 6 9
3 Qarabag 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
4 Neftçi 3 2 0 1 7 4 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 6
5 Zira 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 4
6 Turan 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
7 Kesl FK 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 1
8 Sebail 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 1
9 Sumqayıt 3 0 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 -5 1
10 Kapaz 3 0 0 3 3 10 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 -7 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 28 21 6 1 72 13 14 12 2 0 47 5 14 9 4 1 25 8 59 69
2 Neftçi 28 15 5 8 42 31 14 8 3 3 24 12 14 7 2 5 18 19 11 50
3 Zira 28 13 8 7 33 27 14 7 3 4 16 14 14 6 5 3 17 13 6 47
4 Qabala 28 12 9 7 38 34 14 5 7 2 18 12 14 7 2 5 20 22 4 45
5 Sabah 28 12 5 11 42 34 14 6 2 6 24 17 14 6 3 5 18 17 8 41
6 Kesl FK 28 5 7 16 25 49 14 2 5 7 12 18 14 3 2 9 13 31 -24 22
7 Sumqayıt 28 5 7 16 22 46 14 4 2 8 13 24 14 1 5 8 9 22 -24 22
8 Sebail 28 4 3 21 17 57 14 3 1 10 11 24 14 1 2 11 6 33 -40 15

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Qabala 3 3 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 7 9
2 Sabah 3 3 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 6 9
3 Qarabag 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
4 Neftçi 3 2 0 1 7 4 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 6
5 Zira 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 4
6 Turan 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
7 Kesl FK 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 1
8 Sebail 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 1
9 Sumqayıt 3 0 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 -5 1
10 Kapaz 3 0 0 3 3 10 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 -7 0

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