Sabah hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 6 points and a 8th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Zira holds 4th place with 12 pts.
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
Three Premier League home games done for Sabah, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Sabah with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Zira game, 46 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Sabah are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.
In their previous game, the manager V. Fernandez led his Sabah to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Qabala. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Preceding that match was the home game against Sumqayt that was lost 1-2.
Sabah has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Sabah have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Zira form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (7) away in Premier League, are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Zira are looking to quickly end their 230 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League. The Zira goalkeeper Matheus Albino Carneiro is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 211 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Zira's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sebail that finished 0-0. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Qarabag.
Zira has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. As for defending, Zira rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Zira - Sabah 0-2 earlier this season. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Sabah victories, two draws and two Zira wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Volkovi 4 goals |  R. Şeydayev 3 goals | C. Bauque 2 goals |
Sabah missing players
Zira missing players
| Sabah | Zira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 99 | 35 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 40 | 62 |
| 37 | 12 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | 30% |
- All of Sabah's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Zira's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sabah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sabah is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Zira has the most scored goals (7) away in Premier League
- Zira have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Zira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Zira have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Zira haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | Neftci | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Qarabag | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Zira | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Kesl FK | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 6 | Qabala | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 7 | Sebail | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | Sabah | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 6 |