It's ground zero in Premier League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Zira and Qarabağ did in their pre-season friendlies!
Zira form and stats
Last season, Zira's league statistics were 8 wins, 14 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Premier League. Over these 28 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Zira managed 5-7-2 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 9 conceded.
Qarabağ form and stats
Let's have a look at how Qarabağ performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 9 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 64 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 8 and lost 1 with 25/8 goals scored/conceded.
It's a day of discovery for Qarabağ as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Qarabağ have played three with the results W1-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Qarabağ has scored 3 goals and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zira zero wins, four draws and Qarabağ six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Zira missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Zira | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Zira | Last season | Qarabağ | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Drew | D | 8 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 25 | 64 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 71% | 64% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 89% | ||
| 61% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 82% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 50% | ||
| 25% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 43% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 46% | ||
| 46% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | ||
| 39% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 14% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.9 | 16.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 7.5 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Keşlə FK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Qabala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Sabah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Sebail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Sumqayıt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Zira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Sumqayıt | 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 |