Zira, who have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Premier League, battle against Qarabağ, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Premier League, for glory and sporting success.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game was also an away game, at Maccabi Tel Aviv. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Zira form and stats
Only two Premier League home games for Zira so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Zira faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sumqayıt (1-2). Before that, Zira had a home game versus Neftci which ended with a victory 1-0.
At Zirə qəsəbə stadionu, Zira has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Qarabağ form and stats
Things could have gone better for Qarabağ in their Premier League away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Qarabağ has drawn their two previous away games.
Qarabağ play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Maccabi Tel Aviv. Before that, Qarabağ secured a home win against Qabala with the score 3-0.
After this away game Qarabağ return home for a Europa League game against Villarreal. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Qarabağ have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Zira won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Qarabağ has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  D. Volkovi 4 goals | C. Bauque 2 goals |  M. Mədətov 2 goals |
Zira missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Zira | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 83% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 38 | 82 |
| 26 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 16 | 37 |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 22% |
- Qarabağ has the fewest conceded goals (4) in Premier League
- Qarabağ has the the best goal difference (+4) in Premier League
- Qarabağ have not yet lost a game away.
- Qarabağ have yet to win a game away.
- Zira has the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Premier League
- 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 | Neftci | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Sumqayıt | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Zira | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Kesl FK | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Qarabağ | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Sabah | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Sebail | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Qabala | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 5 |