Sebail will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 26 points behind Neftçi.
- Sebail have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
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.
Neftçi are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Sebail form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Sebail have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Kesl FK (0-1).
The Sebail fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. Sebail's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Neftçi form and stats
Neftçi's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Neftçi, who have the most points (24) away in Premier League, collect 24 points from their 12 away matches in the Premier League. 7 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
A 2-2 draw at Sabah's stadium before that.
The travelling fans enjoy Neftçi's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 12 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Neftçi - Sebail 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sebail one win, three draws and Neftçi six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Ələsgərov 18 goals |   A. Yunanov 6 goals | M. Abbasov 5 goals |
Sebail missing players
Neftçi missing players
| Sebail | Neftçi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 21 | 41 |
| 35 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 92% |
| 76% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 72% |
| 44% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 58% | 56% |
| 16% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| 32% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6.3 | 6.5 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.2 | 11.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 33% | 48% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 37% | 34% |
- Neftçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Neftçi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Neftçi have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the most points (24) away in Premier League
- Neftçi have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
- Sebail have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) 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 | Qarabag | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 57 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 41 | 50 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 50 |
| 3 | Sumqayt | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 33 |
| 4 | Zira | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 5 | Sebail | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 24 |
| 6 | Qabala | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 24 |
| 7 | Kesl FK | 25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -14 | 23 |
| 8 | Sabah | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 22 |