Sabah battle Qabala for glory and sporting success.
Sabah form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier League game of the season here at Bank Respublika Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from Sabah's 14 home games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Sabah's attacking players as they have now played 181 minutes without scoring in a league game. J. Rodriguez was their last goal scorer.
The fans are hoping that Sabah will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Sumqayt (placed 1st).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Sebail (0-1).Sabah has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Qabala form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Premier League away game of the season. During their previous season 14 away games resulted in 2 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats.
Impressive finishing from Y. Akakpo and Raphael Alemão secured the home win 2-1 against Keşlə FK in their previous game.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Neftci.Qabala have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Sabah wins - draws - Qabala wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Akakpo 1 goals | R. Schorr Utzig 1 goals | I. Alimi 1 goals |
Sabah missing players
Qabala missing players
| Sabah | Qabala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| Sabah | Last season | Qabala | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 10 | 12 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 7 | 23 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 24 | 44 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 82% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 75% | ||
| 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 39% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 25% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 18% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 39% | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8.7 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sumqayt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Qarabag | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Neftci | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Qabala | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Sebail | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 6 | Zira | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Keşlə FK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 8 | Sabah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 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 | Neftci | 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 | Keşlə 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 |