The league standings reveals that 14 points split the two combatants in this Premier League fixture. Sabah hold both the points- and home advantage.
- Sabah have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Premier League
- Qabala have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
It's no vacation for neither Sabah nor Qabala as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 6 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. After failing to beat Sebail here at Bank Respublika Arena, Sabah has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Sabah's last game was hosting Qabala (placed 5th) and winning 2-1.
Before that match, a win away at Neftci.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sabah have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 7 games), Sabah's attacking play is working. Sabah have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.
Qabala form and stats
3-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Qabala in their Premier League matches away.
There might be some fixture complaints from Qabala as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Sabah. Qabala were so close to getting something from the game against Sabah, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Kapaz.Qabala are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Qabala has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games.
Head 2 Head
Sabah have avoided defeat in the last 5 games (4-1-0) versus Qabala.These two sides played each other earlier this campaign: Sabah - Qabala 2-1.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mickels 7 goals |  I. Alimi 5 goals | E. Apeh 4 goals |
Sabah missing players
Qabala missing players
| Sabah | Qabala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 42% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 5.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 14.9 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 10.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 43% | 42% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 27% |
| 6.8 | 5.9 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 9.9 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
- All of Qabala's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Qabala have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Qabala have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Qabala have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
- Qabala have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier League
- Qabala haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sabah have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sabah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sabah have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premier League
- Sabah have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Premier League
- Sabah have the most points (19) at home in Premier League
- Sabah have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Premier League
- Sabah have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 28 | 33 |
| 2 | Sabah | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 31 |
| 3 | Neftci | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | Zira | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | -5 | 19 |
| 5 | Qabala | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Turan | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 15 |
| 7 | Sebail | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | Kapaz | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | -16 | 8 |
| 9 | Kesl FK | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 4 |
| 10 | Sumqayt | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 4 |
