Sabah will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 26 points behind Neftçi.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Sabah form and stats
With 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Sabah are certainly not brimming with confidence.In their previous game, the manager E. Əhmədov led his Sabah to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Qarabağ. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Əlincə Arena. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Sebail.
Sabah has scored 11 goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Sabah have conceded 19 from these games.
Neftçi form and stats
Neftçi's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Neftçi collect 25 points from their 12 away matches. 7 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Qabala game have they lost an away game, meaning Neftçi has taken points from nine away matches in a row.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sebail in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 2-2. Before that, Neftçi secured a home win against Zira with the score 4-2.
Neftçi have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, 12 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Neftçi - Sabah 3-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Sabah won 0 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Neftçi has 3 wins.Top Goalscorers
  B. Dabo 11 goals |  M. Dević 7 goals |  M. Abbasov 7 goals |
Sabah missing players
Neftçi missing players
| Sabah | Neftçi | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | Played | 12 | 24 |
| 19 | 11 | Scored | 17 | 43 |
| 34 | 19 | Conceded | 10 | 19 |
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 92% | 92% |
| 71% | 82% | Over 1.5 | 75% | 83% |
| 42% | 55% | Over 2.5 | 42% | 50% |
| 12% | 27% | Over 3.5 | 17% | 25% |
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 4% |
| 38% | 64% | Both teams to score | 58% | 54% |
| 29% | 9% | Clean Sheet | 42% | 46% |
| 42% | 27% | Failed To Score | 8% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
- Sabah hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sabah is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 33 | 54 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 24 | 52 |
| 3 | Sebail | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 35 |
| 4 | Qabala | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 33 |
| 5 | Sabah | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 26 |
| 6 | Zira | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 25 |
| 7 | Sumqayıt | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -20 | 20 |
| 8 | Keşlə FK | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
