Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Sumqayıt - Neftçi!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Sumqayıt form and stats
Sumqayıt, who have the most scored goals (11) in Premier League, have collected 7 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-1-1.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Zira in a game that was won 2-1.
A late climax in the match against Sabah as the winning goal came five minutes into overtime; scored by S. Abdullazadə.
The Sumqayıt fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Neftçi form and stats
Neftçi have six points from their first three away games in the Premier League, meaning two victories and a loss.
Neftçi have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
It's the second away game in a row for Neftçi, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Keşlə FK (placed 5th) in the Premier League last time out. Before that, Neftçi secured a home win against Sabah with the score 1-0.
The visiting Neftçi have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. It's not easy to score on Neftçi as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Neftçi - Sumqayıt 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sumqayıt victories, two draws and four Neftçi wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Sumqayıt missing players
Neftçi missing players
| Sumqayıt | Neftçi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 64 | 33 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 27 | 71 |
| 28 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| 39% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 23% |
- Neftçi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sumqayıt has the most conceded goals (5) at home in Premier League
- Sumqayıt has the most scored goals (11) in Premier League
- Sumqayıt has the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
- Sumqayıt have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sumqayıt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sumqayıt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sumqayıt is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sumqayıt | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Zira | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Keşlə FK | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Sabah | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Sebail | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Qabala | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 5 |