Qabala manager Z. Həşimov looking for three points in Sumqayıt showdown

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Competition: Azerbaijan Premier League
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

This is the Premier League season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Who will get that important first win?

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Qabala form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Qabala have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Last season, Qabala's league statistics were 9 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Premier League. Over these 28 matches they scored 31 goals and conceded 33. Playing at home last season Qabala managed 6-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 14 conceded.

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Sumqayıt form and stats

Sumqayıt are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of three matches.

Let's have a look at how Sumqayıt performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 5 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 13/19 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 3 - 2 (Qabala wins - draws - Sumqayıt wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Qabala missing players

Sumqayıt missing players

Qabala Sumqayıt
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
1 1 0 Corners For (avg) 0 1 1
1 1 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 1 1
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Qabala Last season Sumqayıt
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
28 14 6 Played 6 14 28
9 6 2 Won 0 3 8
9 5 4 Drew 2 4 5
10 3 0 Lost 4 7 15
31 18 5 Scored 2 13 24
33 14 3 Conceded 9 19 42
86% 79% 67% Over 0.5 83% 86% 93%
68% 71% 50% Over 1.5 67% 71% 64%
54% 57% 17% Over 2.5 17% 36% 39%
18% 21% 0% Over 3.5 17% 21% 21%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 14% 14%
64% 64% 50% BTTS 33% 50% 43%
25% 36% 50% Clean Sheets 17% 14% 21%
25% 21% 33% Failed To Score 67% 50% 43%
 
4 3 3.5 Corners For (avg) 5.2 4.6 4.4
4.8 4.4 4.5 Corners Against (avg) 3.5 4.5 4.3
2.4 2.4 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 2.2 2.4
4 2 0 Red Cards 1 2 6
Key stats last season:
  • Qabala have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Qabala have won significantly less corners at home than away.

Qabala
All Azerbaidjan Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
27-04-19 PL Sebail 2 - 1 Qabala
01-05-19 AC Qarabağ 2 - 1 Qabala
05-05-19 PL Qabala 1 - 3 Neftçi
11-05-19 PL Sumqayıt 1 - 0 Qabala
19-05-19 AC Qabala 1 - 0 Sumqayıt
25-07-19 EL Qabala 0 - 2 Dinamo Tbilisi
01-08-19 EL Dinamo Tbilisi 3 - 0 Qabala
17-08-19 PL Qabala 15:00 Sumqayıt
24-08-19 PL Qarabağ 00:00 Qabala
31-08-19 PL Qabala - Keşlə FK
Sumqayıt
All Azerbaidjan Cup Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-04-19 PL Sumqayıt 1 - 2 Sebail
23-04-19 AC Sumqayıt 0 - 0 Zira
27-04-19 PL Neftçi 2 - 3 Sumqayıt
01-05-19 AC Zira 3 - 3 Sumqayıt
05-05-19 PL Sumqayıt 1 - 0 Sabah
11-05-19 PL Sumqayıt 1 - 0 Qabala
19-05-19 AC Qabala 1 - 0 Sumqayıt
17-08-19 PL Qabala 15:00 Sumqayıt
24-08-19 PL Sumqayıt 00:00 Sebail
01-09-19 PL Neftçi - Sumqayıt

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Keşlə FK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Neftçi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Qabala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Qarabağ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Sabah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sumqayıt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Zira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 D P
1 Qarabağ 28 20 6 2 65 21 14 9 4 1 30 11 14 11 2 1 35 10 44 66
2 Neftçi 28 17 7 4 52 26 14 8 3 3 30 15 14 9 4 1 22 11 26 58
3 Sebail 28 12 5 11 34 37 14 5 4 5 14 16 14 7 1 6 20 21 -3 41
4 Qabala 28 9 9 10 31 33 14 6 5 3 18 14 14 3 4 7 13 19 -2 36
5 Zira 28 8 7 13 30 40 14 4 4 6 13 21 14 4 3 7 17 19 -10 31
6 Sumqayıt 28 8 5 15 24 42 14 5 1 8 11 23 14 3 4 7 13 19 -18 29
7 Sabah 28 7 6 15 20 41 14 3 3 8 12 25 14 4 3 7 8 16 -21 27
8 Keşlə FK 28 6 5 17 29 45 14 3 1 10 12 20 14 3 4 7 17 25 -16 23

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