All the points stay with the home side, the away team with a heroic away win or a point each? It's all up in the air when the mid-table teams Zira and Qabala battle at Zirə qəsəbə stadionu.
- Zira have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Premier League
- Qabala have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Zira form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Zira, who have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Premier League, have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
In their previous game, the manager Sadıqov led his Zira to a defeat away at Neftçi. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Zirə qəsəbə stadionu. Before that fixture this club had gone six consecutive league meetings without a loss.
Before that, Zira had a home game versus Sumqayıt which ended with a victory 3-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Zira have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 latest league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Zira are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zira defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Qabala form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Qabala playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
The manager Baxsiyev was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Qəbələ şəhər stadionu ehtiyat meydança. Qabala suffered a 0-3 loss to Sabah (placed 2nd).
A 2-2 draw at Kapaz's stadium before that.We have checked recent matches where Qabala have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Qabala find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Qabala have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Zira and Qabala have played each other already this season: Qabala - Zira 1-0. Statistics for the prior ten meetings involving these two contenders are: two wins for Zira, five draws and three wins for Qabala. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Alimi 6 goals |  S. Taşqın 5 goals | R. Sadikhov 5 goals |
Zira missing players
Qabala missing players
| Zira | Qabala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 26 | 18 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 23 |
| 85% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 60% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 75% |
| 55% | 70% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 25% |
| 35% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7.2 | 7.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 14.3 | 11.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 33% | 35% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 10.9 | 10.2 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.2 | 9.5 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 4 |
- Qabala have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Qabala have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premier League
- Qabala haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Zira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zira have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Premier League
| 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 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 43 | 57 |
| 2 | Sabah | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 32 | 49 |
| 3 | Neftçi | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 4 | Zira | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 31 |
| 5 | Qabala | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 6 | Turan | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 17 |
| 7 | Kesl FK | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 16 |
| 8 | Sumqayıt | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -21 | 15 |
| 9 | Kapaz | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -20 | 14 |
| 10 | Sebail | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 13 |
