It's match two of the Premier League season and everything to play for. Read our in-depth preview of Qarabağ-Sebail!
Both sides have had enough days rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face fixture!
Qarabağ form and stats
In the previous season, Qarabağ's league results were 16 wins, 9 draws and 3 losses, ending with 2nd spot in the Premier League. From these 28 matches they scored 64 goals and let in 18. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Qarabağ delivered 11-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 39 goals and 10 conceded.
The home team returns to Azərsun Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Zira (placed 6th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Neftçi (0-1).Sebail form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sebail performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 9 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 7/23 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 1 win, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 14 matches.
Sebail play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Sabah (placed 7th).
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Sumqayt.1 goal so far away for Sebail, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Qarabağ won seven games, two matches ended with a tie and Sebail have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  İ. İbrahimli 1 goals |
Qarabağ missing players
Sebail missing players
| Qarabağ | Sebail | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Qarabağ | Last season | Sebail | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 64 | 39 | Scored | S | 7 | 21 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 89% | ||
| 82% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 75% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 43% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 18% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 50% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 21% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 39% | ||
| 7.1 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 16.1 | 17.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 7.5 | 8.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 32% | ||
| 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 | Neftçi | 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 | Qarabağ | 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 | Neftçi | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 22 | 59 |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 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 |