Premier League match preview: Sebail versus Neftçi

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Competition: Azerbaijan Premier League
Competition: Thu 21.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bayıl Arena (8125 seats)

Struggling Sebail will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Neftçi in the upcoming league round. It’s 6th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Sebail has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League
  • Neftçi has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League

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Sebail form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Sebail, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League, are 2-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).

The Sebail crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Qabala here at Bayıl Arena in a Premier League match.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Azerbaidjan Cup game versus Zaqatala in only three days. This game is also played here at Bayıl Arena.

Sebail has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Neftçi form and stats

The away team, who have the most points (13) away in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premier League. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Neftçi, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Neftçi go into this game after a win, the home game against Kesl FK that ended 2-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Sabah.

Neftçi has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. Neftçi's manager S. Abasov has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Neftçi - Sebail 2-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Sebail, three draws and six wins for Neftçi. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

NeftçiN. Ələsgərov
N. Ələsgərov
8 goals
SebailR. Əliyev
R. Əliyev
4 goals
SebailÜ. Abbasov
Ü. Abbasov
2 goals

Sebail missing players

Neftçi missing players

Sebail Neftçi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 2 6 13
3 2 0 Won W 2 4 7
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
14 8 1 Scored S 3 9 15
16 9 1 Conceded C 0 3 14
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 85%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 62%
58% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 38%
8% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 15%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
83% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 38%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 38%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
6.9 6.3 3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 8.8 10.1
2.6 2.3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.1
41% 57% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 35% 28%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Sebail's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Neftçi has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premier League
  • Neftçi has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
  • Neftçi has the most points (13) away in Premier League
  • Neftçi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Sebail has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League
  • Sebail have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Sebail have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sebail have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sebail haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Neftçi 13 7 3 3 15 14 7 3 2 2 6 11 6 4 1 1 9 3 1 24
2 Qarabağ 12 6 5 1 31 10 6 5 0 1 21 6 6 1 5 0 10 4 21 23
3 Zira 13 5 5 3 16 14 6 2 3 1 6 5 7 3 2 2 10 9 2 20
4 Sumqayt 13 4 4 5 16 20 7 2 2 3 7 8 6 2 2 2 9 12 -4 16
5 Qabala 13 3 6 4 13 20 7 1 5 1 7 9 6 2 1 3 6 11 -7 15
6 Sebail 12 3 4 5 14 16 6 2 2 2 8 9 6 1 2 3 6 7 -2 13
7 Sabah 13 4 1 8 13 17 6 2 0 4 6 8 7 2 1 4 7 9 -4 13
8 Kesl FK 13 3 4 6 13 20 6 1 2 3 6 8 7 2 2 3 7 12 -7 13