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Competition: Azerbaijan Premier League
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Azərsun Arena (5800 seats)

Finally! The Premier League season opener for these contenders, whom at last are battling for points again. Will Qarabağ or Zira get that highly important first victory?

Not much time to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a Champions League fixture only three days earlier. This match was also played here at Azərsun Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Zira have had more rest.

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Qarabağ form and stats

Qarabağ could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premier League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Azərsun Arena they witnessed 13 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W28 - D6 - L2 from 36 games.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Qarabağ, who have participated in four training matches. Qarabağ have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 2 games.

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Zira form and stats

Let's have a look at how Zira performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 11 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded {46 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 22/15 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Qarabağ have avoided defeat in the last 32 fixtures (20-12-0) against Zira.

Qarabağ missing players

Zira missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Qarabağ Zira
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 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%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Qarabağ Last season Zira
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
28 13   Won W   7 13
6 4   Drew D   5 11
2 1   Lost L   6 12
91 44   Scored S   22 45
25 16   Conceded C   15 46
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 89%
81% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 72%
67% 78%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 53%
47% 56%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 28%
14% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
50% 67%   BTTS BTTS   39% 53%
50% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 28%
6% 6%   Failed to Score F T   39% 31%
 
6.5 7.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 3.9
2.3 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.1
1.7 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   3 5
 
13.9 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 7.5
5.9 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.8
43% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 33%
 
5.6 5.7   Shots against (avg) S A   11.6 10.5
2 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Araz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Kapaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Neftci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Qabala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Qarabağ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sabah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Sebail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sumqayıt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Turan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 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 +/- P
1 Qarabağ 36 28 6 2 91 25 18 13 4 1 44 16 18 15 2 1 47 9 66 90
2 Sabah 36 25 6 5 75 24 18 13 4 1 35 9 18 12 2 4 40 15 51 81
3 Neftci 36 20 8 8 63 38 18 11 3 4 37 20 18 9 5 4 26 18 25 68
4 Qabala 36 13 11 12 47 47 18 8 4 6 22 21 18 5 7 6 25 26 0 50
5 Zira 36 13 11 12 45 46 18 6 6 6 23 31 18 7 5 6 22 15 -1 50
6 Turan 36 10 9 17 36 49 18 4 4 10 21 28 18 6 5 7 15 21 -13 39
7 Kapaz 36 6 13 17 34 62 18 5 5 8 18 25 18 1 8 9 16 37 -28 31
8 Sumqayıt 36 8 7 21 26 70 18 3 5 10 13 40 18 5 2 11 13 30 -44 31
9 Sebail 36 7 8 21 32 62 18 6 4 8 17 22 18 1 4 13 15 40 -30 29
10 Kesl FK 36 4 13 19 26 52 18 3 7 8 12 21 18 1 6 11 14 31 -26 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Araz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Kapaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Neftci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Qabala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Qarabağ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sabah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Sebail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sumqayıt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Turan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Zira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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