The Qarabağ & Sumqayıt managers Q. Qurbanov and A. Abbasov are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.
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.
Qarabağ form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Qarabağ, who have the most scored goals (20) in Premier League, have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.
Qarabağ enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Neftci's place. The match ended 6-0 with F. Ozobić (3), M. Emreli, A. Zoubir and M. Qurbanlı scoring. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sivasspor (0-2).
As mentioned above, Qarabağ "killed" Neftci in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. F. Ozobić was absolutely essential when Qarabağ beat Neftci 6-0, scoring three goals.
Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Qarabağ has scored 12 goals here in 4 home games. Qarabağ have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sumqayıt form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Sumqayıt play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Sebail (placed 6th). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Neftci.
Sumqayıt has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. 4 goals have been conceded by Sumqayıt in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Sumqayıt - Qarabağ 2-2, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Qarabağ victories, two draws and one Sumqayıt win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Ozobić 6 goals |   A. Ghorbani 6 goals | M. Mədətov 4 goals |
Qarabağ missing players
Sumqayıt missing players
| Qarabağ | Sumqayıt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 89% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 78% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 132 | 68 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 40 | 73 |
| 63 | 35 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 18 | 30 |
| 32% | 34% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 40% |
- All of Qarabağ's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Sumqayıt's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Qarabağ has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premier League
- Qarabağ has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Qarabağ has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
- Qarabağ has the most clean sheets (5) in Premier League
- Qarabağ has the most points (9) at home in Premier League
- Qarabağ has the most scored goals (12) at home in Premier League
- Qarabağ has the most scored goals (20) in Premier League
- Qarabağ has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Premier League
- Qarabağ has the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Premier League
- Qarabağ has the the best goal difference (+15) in Premier League
- Qarabağ has the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Premier League
- Qarabağ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Qarabağ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Qarabağ have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Qarabağ haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sumqayıt have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sumqayıt 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 | Qarabağ | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | Sumqayıt | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Zira | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | Neftci | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 14 |
| 5 | Kesl FK | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 6 | Sebail | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Qabala | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 8 | Sabah | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 6 |