Struggling Sabah will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Neftçi in the upcoming league round. It’s 6th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Sabah have less rest than Neftçi in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Azerbaidjan Cup game only four days ago. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Neftçi have had more rest.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah's struggle is real here with only 4 points collected from 6 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sabah, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Sabah's last game was hosting Agsu and winning 5-0. Preceding that match was the home Premier League game against Qarabag that was lost 0-1.
As mentioned above, Sabah "killed" Agsu in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Sabah has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. On the other hand, Sabah have conceded 8 goals.
Neftçi form and stats
2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Neftçi in their Premier League matches away.
Neftçi has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sebail for a Premier League game that ended a draw (0-0). A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Qabala.
Neftçi have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Neftçi have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Neftçi - Sabah 1-1. Sabah-Neftçi H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Sabah 0 wins, Neftçi 4 wins, 1 draw. 2 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Dabo 14 goals |  E. Mahmudov 8 goals |
Sabah missing players
Neftçi missing players
| Sabah | Neftçi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 77% |
| 69% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 69% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 54% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 10 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 2.6 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 110 | 41 | 1 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 84 | 181 |
| 50 | 17 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 30 | 67 |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 24% |
- Neftçi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Sabah has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
- Sabah has the fewest points (4) at home
- Sabah has the most points from losing position (8)
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sabah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 30 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Kesl FK | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 5 | Zira | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 6 | Sabah | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Qabala | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 12 |
| 8 | Sebail | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 12 |