This could be an interesting match as Zira have their presumed home advantage while Qarabağ are ahead 15 points in the Premier League table.
Zira and Qarabağ should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Zira form and stats
Zira, who have the most scored goals (15) at home in Premier League, have collected 15 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-3-1. It’s been three wins in a row for Zira here at Zirə qəsəbə stadionu, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
No payout for Zira in their previous match, an away game at Sumqayıt that ended in defeat 1-2. Before that, Zira had a home game versus Sabah which ended with a victory 2-0.
Zira have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Zirə qəsəbə stadionu with 15 goals in 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Qarabağ form and stats
Qarabağ, who have the most scored goals (25) in Premier League, have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-2-1 from 8 games. Qarabağ has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Qarabağ goalkeeper Sahruddin M@h@mm@d@liyev is eager to challenge this, with his 223 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Qarabağ's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Neftci that finished 0-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Sebail.
Qarabağ are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. Qarabağ's manager Q. Qurbanov has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Qarabağ - Zira 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Zira won zero games, three matches ended with a draw and Qarabağ has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourZira missing players
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| Zira | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 24 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 88% | 88% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 62% | 69% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 4.3 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 136 | 73 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 117 | 204 |
| 51 | 31 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 46 | 90 |
| 31% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 26% | 27% |
- Qarabağ has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
- Qarabağ has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- Qarabağ has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Qarabağ has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
- Qarabağ has the most clean sheets (11)
- Qarabağ has the most matches under the total-line (10)
- Qarabağ has the most points (17) away
- Qarabağ has the most scored goals (25)
- Qarabağ has the most scored goals in the first half (13)
- Qarabağ has the the best goal difference (+18)
- Qarabağ has the the best goal difference (+8) away
- Qarabağ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Qarabağ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Qarabağ have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Zira has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- Zira has the most matches over the total-line (9)
- Zira has the most scored goals (15) at home
- Zira have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Zira have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Zira haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 35 |
| 2 | Neftci | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Kesl FK | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 5 | Zira | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 6 | Sabah | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 7 | Sebail | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 15 |
| 8 | Qabala | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 13 |