Nothing but a win will please the Sabah followers in this Bank Respublika Arena battle with Keşlə FK, as they enjoy a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premier League standings.
- Sabah is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
- Keşlə FK have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
There have been little to rest for the hosts, as they had a Premier League fixture only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Turan.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 20 points collected from 8 matches (6-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sabah, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 355 minutes in the Premier League.
Happy days for Sabah in their previous game, a fixture away at Turan (placed 6th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.
A win at home before that one, as expected. The team were huge favourites against Qaradag Lokbatan and won 5-0.
Sabah have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.
Keşlə FK form and stats
Keşlə FK have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-4 (7 played).
Keşlə FK played 1-1 against Kapaz in their previous match.
The match before was the Azerbaidjan Cup-battle against Turan, a home defeat (0-1). As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Keşlə FK's match history for similar games we find 5 matches. The home team won 4 of these as expected, 2 of them by at least two goals. Keşlə FK managed 1 draw and 0 surprise wins.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Keşlə have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent fixtures featuring these sides have all finished as Sabah wins. More of the same or streak broken?Keşlə FK - Sabah 0-1 was the result in these sides' latest h2h game, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mickels 7 goals | O. Kashchuk 5 goals | E. Apeh 4 goals |
Sabah missing players
Keşlə FK missing players
| Sabah | Keşlə FK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 31 | 16 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 87% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 67% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 53% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 40% |
| 33% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 33% |
| 20% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 40% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 53% |
| 60% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 13% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 47% |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 14.8 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 7.8 | 8.3 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 40% | 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 6.7 | 6 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 11.5 | 10.4 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
- Keşlə FK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Keşlə FK have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
- Keşlə FK have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sabah have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sabah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sabah have scored more than double the goals of Keşlə FK.
- Sabah have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premier League
- Sabah have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Premier League
- Sabah have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Premier League
- Sabah is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 41 |
| 2 | Sabah | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| 3 | Neftci | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Zira | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -5 | 23 |
| 5 | Qabala | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Turan | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 16 |
| 7 | Keşlə FK | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 11 |
| 8 | Sebail | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 10 |
| 9 | Kapaz | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 10 |
| 10 | Sumqayt | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -17 | 6 |
