Sumqayıt will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 17 points behind Neftçi.
- Sumqayıt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Neftçi have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Neftçi are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Sumqayıt form and stats
4 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Sumqayıt have to build on here at Kapital Bank Arena in the Premier League.
Preceding that match was the home game against Sabah that was lost 0-2.
Sumqayıt are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. Sumqayıt are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kapital Bank Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.
Neftçi form and stats
The away team, who have the most points (27) away in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 3 draws and only 2 losses 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 have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Aqil M@mm@dov. It's been 241 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Kesl FK.
As you can tell from the results above, Neftçi was very dominant against Sebail, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with K. Honda, V. Stanković and Y. Lawal providing the goals.
Neftçi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 13 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Neftçi as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Neftçi - Sumqayıt 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sumqayıt four wins, three draws and Neftçi three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Ələsgərov 19 goals |   A. Ghorbani 9 goals | R. Sadikhov 8 goals |
Sumqayıt missing players
Neftçi missing players
| Sumqayıt | Neftçi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 29 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 25 | 45 |
| 30 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 85% | 77% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 65% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 73% |
| 42% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 62% | 58% |
| 19% | 15% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 35% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 46% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 46% | 42% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 38% | 38% |
| 31% | 46% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 23% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6.7 | 7.1 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.7 | 11.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 43% | 45% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 38% | 35% |
- 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 matches over the total-line (14) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the most points (27) away in Premier League
- Neftçi have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the most scored goals (25) away in Premier League
- Neftçi have the the best goal difference (+15) away in Premier League
- Sumqayıt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Neftçi | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 20 | 53 |
| 2 | Qarabag | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 58 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 41 | 51 |
| 3 | Sumqayıt | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 36 |
| 4 | Zira | 25 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 34 |
| 5 | Sabah | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 25 |
| 6 | Sebail | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -18 | 24 |
| 7 | Qabala | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 24 |
| 8 | Kesl FK | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -15 | 23 |