With the nervous opening match done it’s time for the second Premier League clash of the season. Qabala are ready to confront Keşlə FK in front of their home support.
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.
Qabala form and stats
In the previous season, Qabala's league statistics were 5 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses, leading to 7th place in the Premier League. From these 28 matches they scored 23 goals and gave away 44. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Qabala managed 3-9-2 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 20 conceded.
Qabala manager E. Baxsiyev and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Neftci (placed 3rd) in the Premier League.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Keşlə FK (1-3).Keşlə FK form and stats
Let's have a look at how Keşlə FK performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 11 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 12/23 goals scored/conceded.
Home advantage was not enough for Keşlə FK in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Sumqayt, 0-2.
Before that, Keşlə FK secured a home win against Sumqayt with the score 2-1.Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Qabala won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Keşlə FK got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeQabala missing players
Keşlə FK missing players
| Qabala | Keşlə FK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | 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 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Qabala | Last season | Keşlə FK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 23 | 16 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Conceded | C | 23 | 40 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 86% | ||
| 75% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 68% | ||
| 39% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 7% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 50% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 50% | ||
| 18% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 25% | ||
| 39% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 39% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 22% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sumqayt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sebail | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Neftci | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Qabala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Qarabag | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Zira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sabah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Keşlə FK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -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 | Neftci | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 22 | 59 |
| 2 | Qarabag | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 64 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 46 | 57 |
| 3 | Sumqayt | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -1 | 39 |
| 4 | Zira | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 | Sabah | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 29 |
| 6 | Keşlə FK | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 26 |
| 7 | Qabala | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 24 | -21 | 26 |
| 8 | Sebail | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | -21 | 24 |