The Sumqayıt manager A. Abbasov attacks this game with the team placed 2nd so far. In the visitors dressing room Qarabağ and their manager Q. Qurbanov are in 5th place before this match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sumqayıt form and stats
Only two Premier League home games for Sumqayıt so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
A nice win for Sumqayıt last time playing, versus Sebail. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with A. Ghorbani and S. Əhmədov scoring for the victors. A strong away win before that one, visiting Neftci and winning 2-0.
At Kapital Bank Arena, Sumqayıt has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Qarabağ form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Premier League away game of the season. During their previous season 10 away games resulted in 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Qarabağ failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Neftci (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Molde (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) in the Champions League.
Qarabağ have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Sumqayıt-Qarabağ H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sumqayıt two wins, Qarabağ seven wins, one draw. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Ghorbani 3 goals |  M. Mədətov 2 goals | S. Əhmədov 1 goals |
Sumqayıt missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Sumqayıt | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 15 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 35 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 18% |
- Qarabağ has the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Premier League
- Sumqayıt has the most scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
| Sumqayıt | Last season | Qarabağ | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 20 | 34 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 95% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 85% | ||
| 85% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 30% | ||
| 25% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 10% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 5% | ||
| 60% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 25% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 70% | 75% | ||
| 25% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 15% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 176 | 87 | Total Shots | T S | 121 | 239 | ||
| 67 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 104 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sabah | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Sumqayıt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Neftci | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Kesl FK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Qarabağ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Zira | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Qabala | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 8 | Sebail | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 45 |
| 2 | Neftci | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Kesl FK | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 5 | Zira | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 23 |
| 6 | Sabah | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 7 | Sebail | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 20 |
| 8 | Qabala | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 19 |