Premier League: Two contenders in reasonably good form get together for this fixture. Qarabağ hold a slight upper hand with their 1st place in the standings?
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals (38) in Premier League
It's no vacation for neither Sabah nor Qarabağ 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
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Sabah have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Bank Respublika Arena. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sabah, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Sabah's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Qarabağ (placed 1st).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Kesl FK with a 1-0 scoreline.Sabah has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Qarabağ form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (38) in Premier League, are W5-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. In general it has been a productive period now for Qarabağ as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
It's the second away game in a row for Qarabağ, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Sabah (placed 5th) last time out.
A home win before that, celebrating 5-1 vs Qabala.Qarabağ find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Qarabağ are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Sabah - Qarabağ 0-1. Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Sabah won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Qarabağ got nine wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  A. Zoubir 8 goals |  F. Ozobić 8 goals |   J. Mickels 7 goals |
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| Sabah | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 38 |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 89% |
| 79% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 78% |
| 53% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 16% | 10% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 28% |
| 11% | 10% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 42% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 44% |
| 21% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 56% |
| 37% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 11% |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.6 |
| 4.1 | 5.1 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.2 | 12.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 15.5 | 15.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.3 |
| 27% | 27% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 34% |
| 9.2 | 9.4 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
- Qarabağ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most clean sheets (10) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most points (19) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals (38) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the the best goal difference (+28) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Qarabağ is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 43 |
| 2 | Zira | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Qabala | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 32 |
| 4 | Neftci | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Sabah | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 6 | Kesl FK | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 7 | Sumqayt | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -16 | 13 |
| 8 | Sebail | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -26 | 11 |
