This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Sabah holding 6th place and Qabala lying 7th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah's struggle is real here with only 4 points collected from 7 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-5. With Sabah having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Ž. Sopić. Sabah has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Ž. Sopić and the players.
H. Ekstein was the last player to score a league goal for Sabah and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sabah haven't scored in 270 minutes.
Sabah lost their last game at Zira (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home Azerbaidjan Cup game against Qabala that was lost 2-3.
Sabah have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Sabah's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Qabala form and stats
Qabala, who have the most conceded goals (26) in Premier League, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-3-3 (7 played).
Qabala failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Keşlə FK (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-2. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Sabah in the Azerbaidjan Cup.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Qabala have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Sabah and Qabala have met before this season: Qabala - Sabah 1-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Sabah, one draw and seven wins for Qabala. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
 A. Diallo 3 goals |  C. İmamverdiyev 2 goals |  U. Diallo 2 goals |
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| Sabah | Qabala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 20 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 60% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 47% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 53% |
| 7% | 14% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 47% | 57% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 8.3 | 6.9 |
| 2.3 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 125 | 48 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 73 | 180 |
| 53 | 18 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 32 | 70 |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 16% | 20% |
- Qabala has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Qabala has the most conceded goals (26)
- Qabala has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
- Qabala has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
- Qabala have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Qabala have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Qabala haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sabah has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Sabah has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
- Sabah has the fewest points (4) at home
- 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 34 |
| 2 | Neftci | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Keşlə FK | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Zira | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 5 | Sumqayt | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 6 | Sabah | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 7 | Qabala | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 8 | Sebail | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 12 |