Sabah battle Neftçi for kudos and victory.
- Neftçi have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Premier League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sabah form and stats
Sabah have played 2 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Sabah manager R. Guliyev might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Sabah drew their last game, 1-1 away at Zira (placed 6th).
Preceding that match was the home game against Qabala that was lost 0-2.At Bank Respublika Arena, Sabah has the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Neftçi form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 14 matches.
Impressive finishing from İ. Zülfüqarlı, C. Meza Colli and Ramon secured the home win 3-0 against Kesl FK in their previous game.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Qarabag.2 goals so far away for Neftçi, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Sabah won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Neftçi have eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  E. Mahmudov 2 goals |  F. Muradbəyli 2 goals |  Š. Peričić 1 goals |
Sabah missing players
Neftçi missing players
| Sabah | Neftçi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 7.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 1 | 3.2 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 18 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10 | 10.8 |
| 4.5 | 6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 67% | 44% |
- Neftçi have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Premier League
| Sabah | Last season | Neftçi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 26 | 47 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 82% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 54% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 39% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 43% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 25% | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8.7 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qabala | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Qarabag | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Neftçi | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Sumqayt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Sebail | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 6 | Zira | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Sabah | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 8 | Kesl FK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 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 | Neftçi | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 22 | 59 |
| 2 | Qarabag | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 64 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 46 | 57 |
| 3 | Sumqayt | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -1 | 39 |
| 4 | Zira | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 | Sabah | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 29 |
| 6 | Kesl FK | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 26 |
| 7 | Qabala | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 24 | -21 | 26 |
| 8 | Sebail | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | -21 | 24 |