It's early days in the Premier League and both Qabala and Sumqayıt are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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.
Qabala form and stats
Qabala are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Premier League games here at Şəhər stadionu. Two draws in a row at home now for Qabala.
Qabala travelled for their previous game, a trip to Neftçi that ended 1-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kesl FK that ended 0-0.
Early season league goal statistics from Qabala's 2 home games: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Sumqayıt form and stats
Only one away game in the Premier League so far for Sumqayıt and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 5 losses from 10 travels.
Sumqayıt's last game was the home draw against Qarabag (2-2). Before that, Sumqayıt secured a home win against Sebail with the score 2-1.
Drawing 2-2 against Qarabag after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager A. Abbasov needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
It's early days yet, but Sumqayıt has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Qabala victories, four draws and two Sumqayıt wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ghorbani 4 goals |  R. Muradov 1 goals | A. Məmmədov 1 goals |
Qabala missing players
Sumqayıt missing players
| Qabala | Sumqayıt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | 26 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 12 | 34 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 18% | 14% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 38% |
- Qabala has the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League
- Qabala has the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Premier League
- Qabala has the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Premier League
- Qabala has the the worst goal difference (-3) in Premier League
| Qabala | Last season | Sumqayıt | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 85% | ||
| 65% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 25% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 25% | ||
| 15% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 10% | ||
| 55% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 25% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 249 | 130 | Total Shots | T S | 89 | 176 | ||
| 104 | 48 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 67 | ||
| 23% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sumqayıt | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Zira | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Neftçi | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Sabah | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Qarabag | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Kesl FK | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Sebail | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Qabala | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 45 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Kesl FK | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 5 | Zira | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 23 |
| 6 | Sabah | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 7 | Sebail | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 20 |
| 8 | Qabala | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 19 |