High flying Qarabağ arrive at Zira after their 1-0-result against Gent. Check out our complete preview!
- Zira have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals (56) in Premier League
Qarabağ could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago.
Zira form and stats
Zira have collected 18 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-3-3.
Zira lost their last game at Sebail (placed 10th) after a 0-2 scoreline.
In the match before that, Zira hosted Qabala and drew the game 2-2.The Zira fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zira defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Qarabağ form and stats
Qarabağ have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 29 points collected from 11 Premier League games. 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far.
The followers enjoyed Qarabağ's previous fixture versus Gent, a Europa Conference League win (1-0) played at home. Cafarquliyev, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Cafarquliyev hit three key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sabah.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Qarabağ manager Qurbanov as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Gent.
Qarabağ are a potent attacking force on the road with their 28 goals in 11 league games. The Qarabağ defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({4 goals} in 11 games). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Qarabağ have put together a sequence of 30 consecutive games without defeat (19-11-0) when playing Zira.Believe it or not, Qarabağ have found the net in every league game they've played since failing to score against today's hosts; the Qarabağ - Zira 0-0 match eight rounds ago.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Gurbanli 17 goals |  R. Şeydayev 15 goals |   S. Taşqın 5 goals |
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| Zira | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 28 | 56 |
| 30 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 64% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 77% |
| 55% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 59% |
| 27% | 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 50% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 14% |
| 50% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 27% | 45% |
| 27% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 73% | 55% |
| 36% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 6 | 6.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.1 | 7.5 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 15.2 | 14.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 33% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | 40% |
| 10.7 | 9.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.3 | 5 | 5 |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
- Qarabağ have not yet lost a game.
- Qarabağ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Qarabağ have scored more than double the goals of Zira.
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most clean sheets (8) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most points (29) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals (28) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals (56) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the most scored goals in the second half (39) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the the best goal difference (+24) away in Premier League
- Qarabağ have the the best goal difference (+43) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Zira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zira have the most conceded goals (20) 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 | Qarabağ | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 43 | 58 |
| 2 | Sabah | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 36 | 53 |
| 3 | Neftci | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 48 |
| 4 | Zira | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 32 |
| 5 | Qabala | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | Turan | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 23 |
| 7 | Sumqayt | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 23 | -23 | 18 |
| 8 | Kapaz | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 26 | -21 | 17 |
| 9 | Kesl FK | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -18 | 16 |
| 10 | Sebail | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -22 | 16 |
