With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Sumqayıt fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Sabah.
- Sumqayıt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sabah have the fewest points from losing position (1) 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.
Sabah are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Sumqayıt form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Sumqayıt at their home stadium (Kapital Bank Arena) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Sumqayıt are confident in defense, having played 191 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Sumqayıt drew their last game, 0-0 away at Zira (placed 4th). In the match before that, Sumqayıt hosted Qarabag and drew the Azerbaidjan Cup game 0-0.
Sumqayıt are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. From these home matches, Sumqayıt have conceded only 10 goals.
Sabah form and stats
There's been little loot from Sabah's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 12 away games in the Premier League. Sabah only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. With three draws in a row for Sabah the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Sabah's last game was the home draw against Neftci (2-2). Before that, Sabah travelled to Kesl FK and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
It looked so good for Sabah vs Neftci, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sabah are hosting Qarabag in the Premier League only four days away.
The attacking power of Sabah when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Sabah in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sabah - Sumqayıt 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Sumqayıt wins - draws - Sabah wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ghorbani 9 goals | R. Sadikhov 7 goals |  K. Koubemba 5 goals |
Sumqayıt missing players
Sabah missing players
| Sumqayıt | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 28 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 28 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 83% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 67% | 58% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 46% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 42% | 42% |
| 21% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 8% | 8% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 42% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 21% |
| 29% | 42% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6.6 | 7.1 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.8 | 9.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 44% | 45% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 24% | 25% |
- Sabah have the fewest points from losing position (1) 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 | Qarabag | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 57 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 41 | 50 |
| 2 | Neftci | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 47 |
| 3 | Sumqayıt | 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 | Qabala | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 24 |
| 6 | Kesl FK | 24 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 23 |
| 7 | Sabah | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 8 | Sebail | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -15 | 21 |