Qabala can not bank on any donations from their host Sabah in this Premier League fixture. Here's your full guide!
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Qabala have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Premier League
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 at Bank Respublika Arena with only 7 points collected from 7 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
This is expected to be a close game, with Sabah perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sabah as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Sabah has won six of these, drawn three and lost five.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sabah, as the Azerbaidjan Cup home game vs Neftçi is only four days away.
Sabah has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Sabah have conceded 11 from these games.
Qabala form and stats
Qabala's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Qabala collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Premier League. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Having won their last three away games Qabala has no reason to fear anyone.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Qabala playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were four Qabala wins, three draws and eight defeats.
Qabala has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the squads faced each other earlier this campaign; Qabala - Sabah 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sabah five wins, one draw and Qabala four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Mickels 6 goals |  U. Iskandarov 5 goals | A. Isaev 4 goals |
Sabah missing players
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| Sabah | Qabala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 57% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 4 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.9 | 13.7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.6 | 10.1 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 30% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 37% | 37% |
| 9.4 | 9.9 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 11.6 | 10.9 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 4.4 |
- Qabala have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Premier League
- Qabala have the most clean sheets (3) away in Premier League
- Qabala have the most points (14) away in Premier League
- Qabala have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Premier League
- 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 | Qarabağ | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 36 |
| 2 | Qabala | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Zira | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Neftçi | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Sabah | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 6 | Keşlə FK | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 14 |
| 7 | Sumqayıt | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 12 |
| 8 | Sebail | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -18 | 10 |
