Zira and Qabala have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premier League.
- Zira has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Premier League
- Qabala has the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
Zira form and stats
Zira, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Premier League, have collected 9 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-3-1.
Zira faced defeat in their previous match, away at Qarabağ (2-3).
A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Qarabağ) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3.
Zira are traveling soon after this match as the Azerbaidjan Cup match at Qaradag Lokbatan awaits in three days.
Zira are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. Zira are not conceding a lot of goals here at Zirə qəsəbə stadionu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Qabala form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Qabala, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Qabala play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Sebail (placed 6th). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Qarabağ.
Qabala has another fixture away, a Azerbaidjan Cup game, against Turan in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visiting Qabala have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 6 games. Qabala have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Qabala - Zira 1-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Zira won two, Qabala won three and five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ramazanov 5 goals |  D. Volkovi 4 goals | C. Bauque 3 goals |
Zira missing players
Qabala missing players
| Zira | Qabala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 20 |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 85% |
| 46% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 46% |
| 31% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 54% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 69% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 15% |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7.2 | 6.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 9 | 11.8 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 2.7 | 4 |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 38% | 25% |
- Qabala has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Premier League
- Qabala has the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
- Qabala have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Qabala haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Zira has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Premier League
- Zira has the most clean sheets (3) 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 | Neftçi | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 23 |
| 3 | Zira | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | Sumqayt | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 5 | Qabala | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 6 | Sebail | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Sabah | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Kesl FK | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 13 |