This should be an absorbing match as Qabala have their expected home advantage, while Sabah lead them by 20 points in the Premier League table.
- Qabala have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premier League
- Sabah have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Premier League
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
Qabala have played 9 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Şəhər stadionu after drawing with Kapaz (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Kapaz last time out, but a goal from Iskandarov completed a comeback to a draw result for Qabala. Iskandarov was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Kapaz after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
In the match before that, Qabala hosted Turan and drew the game 0-0.The manager Baxsiyev will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Zira in only four days.
Qabala have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 7-1-1 from 9 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Sabah as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
197 minutes! That's how long the Sabah goalkeeper Yusif Imanov and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The fans enjoyed Sabah's previous game versus Neftçi (placed 3rd), a 2-0 win played at home. Which player has bagged at least one goal four games in a row for the away side? The answer is Kashchuk and that is impressive stuff!
Preceding that game was the away victory against Sumqayıt with the score of 6-0.Sabah create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 23 goals in 9 travels.
Head 2 Head
Sabah have won at least one point in the last 5 matches (4-1-0) against Qabala.Sabah - Qabala 2-1 was the score in these participants' previous H2H match, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mickels 10 goals | O. Kashchuk 8 goals |  I. Alimi 6 goals |
Qabala missing players
Sabah missing players
| Qabala | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 23 | 42 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 74% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 74% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 37% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 53% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 42% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | 58% |
| 26% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | 5.7 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 9.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.8 | 9 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 13.1 | 13.9 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 23% | 26% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 46% | 41% |
| 9.2 | 8.1 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 7.8 | 6.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
- Qabala have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premier League
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sabah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sabah have scored at least twice as many goals away as Qabala have scored home.
- Sabah have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sabah have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Premier League
- Sabah haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 |
