Season ticket holders at Bank Respublika Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sabah languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Neftçi will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Sabah is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Neftçi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah have played 5 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Bank Respublika Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Keşlə FK (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Sebail.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sabah as they are travelling to their away game against Sumqayıt in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
The Sabah fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Sabah's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Neftçi form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Neftçi's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Zira that finished 0-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Qabala at their stadium, the result 4-1.
After this away game Neftçi return home for a Premier League game against Keşlə FK. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Neftçi have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Neftçi as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Neftçi - Sabah 1-0. Last eight meetings between the teams: Sabah won zero, Neftçi won seven and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Ələsgərov 6 goals |   R. Şeydayev 3 goals |  K. Koubemba 2 goals |
Sabah missing players
Neftçi missing players
| Sabah | Neftçi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 55% |
| 45% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 18% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 11.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8 | 9.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 22% | 29% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 32% | 25% |
- Neftçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Neftçi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sabah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sabah is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| 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 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 19 |
| 2 | Zira | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | Neftçi | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 18 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 5 | Keşlə FK | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 6 | Qabala | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 7 | Sebail | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Sabah | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |