Sabah and Zira have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premier League.
- Sabah have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier League
- Zira have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Premier League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sabah and Zira. Zira could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.
Sabah are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Zira are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah's struggle is real here at Bank Respublika Arena with only 13 points collected from 13 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-6.
Sabah travelled for their previous game, a trip to Qabala that ended 2-2. The goalie N. Mehbalıyev was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 0.0 out of ten. Mehbalıyev . A disappointing finish for Sabah in their match versus Qabala as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
Preceding that match was the home game against Qarabağ that was lost 0-4.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sabah here at Bank Respublika Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 13 games). Sabah have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Zira form and stats
The visitors are W3-D7-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
252 minutes! That's how long the Zira goalkeeper Matheus Albino Carneiro and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Zira's previous game versus Sebail (placed 7th), a Premier League 2-0 win played at home. Matheus Albino was the team player of the game with the player rating of 0.0. The agile goalkeeper Albino .
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Qabala.Zira have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 14 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Zira have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sabah and Zira have met before this season: Zira - Sabah 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sabah four wins, three draws and Zira three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Volkovi 8 goals |  A. Ramazanov 6 goals | K. Koubemba 5 goals |
Sabah missing players
Zira missing players
| Sabah | Zira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 26 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 27 |
| 37 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 26 |
| 93% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 77% | 70% |
| 81% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 59% |
| 44% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 33% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 26% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 7% |
| 48% | 46% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 41% |
| 22% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 48% |
| 37% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 8.8 | 9.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 27% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 36% | 33% |
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sabah have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier League
- Zira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Zira have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Premier League
- Zira have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Premier League
| 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 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 64 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 47 | 57 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 21 | 56 |
| 3 | Zira | 27 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 36 |
| 5 | Sabah | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -11 | 26 |
| 6 | Qabala | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 26 |
| 7 | Sebail | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | -20 | 24 |
| 8 | Keşlə FK | 27 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -17 | 23 |