It's game two of the Premier League campaign and important points to play for. Check out our complete preview of Zira-Neftçi!
Both parties have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an animated match!
Zira form and stats
The season before, Zira's league results were 8 wins, 14 draws and 6 losses, results that produced 4th spot in the Premier League. From these 28 matches they scored 28 goals and let in 28. Playing as the home side in the previous season Zira produced 5-7-2 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 9 conceded. A Premier League draw at home so far for Zira. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats from 14 matches.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Qarabağ in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here.
Heartbreak before that as Zira lost 1-2 at Sabah's place.Early season league goal statistics from Zira's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Neftçi form and stats
Let's have a look at how Neftçi performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 26/10 goals scored/conceded.
There were no winners in Neftçi's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 2-2 vs Qabala (placed 4th).
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting HJK's place.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zira four wins, three draws and Neftçi three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Xəlilzadə 1 goals |  V. Stanković 1 goals | F. Muradbəyli 1 goals |
Zira missing players
Neftçi missing players
| Zira | Neftçi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Zira | Last season | Neftçi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 26 | 47 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 71% | 64% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 61% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 54% | ||
| 25% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 43% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 39% | ||
| 46% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 43% | ||
| 39% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 25% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sumqayt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sebail | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Neftçi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Qabala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Qarabağ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Zira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sabah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Keşlə FK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Neftçi | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 22 | 59 |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 64 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 46 | 57 |
| 3 | Sumqayt | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -1 | 39 |
| 4 | Zira | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 | Sabah | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 29 |
| 6 | Keşlə FK | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 26 |
| 7 | Qabala | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 24 | -21 | 26 |
| 8 | Sebail | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | -21 | 24 |