Evenly matched teams: Zira vs Sabah match preview

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Competition: Azerbaijan Premier League
Competition: Fri 12.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dalğa Arena (9258 seats)

It's the second possibility for points this league season as Zira and Sabah battle it out at Dalğa Arena.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Zira form and stats

The season before, Zira's league results were 13 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, providing 3rd spot in the Premier League. In these 28 matches they scored 33 goals and gave away 27. Performing as the home side in the previous season Zira delivered 7-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 14 conceded.

It's back home for Zira, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kapaz away with the result 2-1. Taşqın and Hamdaoui found the net in that victory. Chantakias was on the receiving end of a red card in the Zira-Kapaz match, being sent off in the 83rd minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-1 victory.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Zira have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 3.

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Sabah form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sabah performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 5 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 18/17 goals scored/conceded.

Impressive finishing from Mickels, Ceballos and Nurıyev secured the home win 3-0 against Sumqayt in their previous game.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Qabala that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Sabah in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Sabah, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Zira victories, four draws and three Sabah wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ZiraS. Taşqın
S. Taşqın
1 goals
ZiraM. Hamdaoui
M. Hamdaoui
1 goals
SabahJ. Mickels
J. Mickels
1 goals

Zira missing players

Sabah missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Zira Sabah
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
6 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Zira Last season Sabah
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
13 7   Won W   6 12
8 3   Drew D   3 5
7 4   Lost L   5 11
33 16   Scored S   18 42
27 14   Conceded C   17 34
89% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
68% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 79%
39% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 50%
11% 7%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 21%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 11%
43% 43%   BTTS BTTS   43% 46%
46% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 25%
21% 21%   Failed to Score F T   29% 29%
 
4.1 2.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.1
3.2 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   2.9 4
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.4
2 1   Red cards R C   0 4
 
8.3 7.9   Shots (avg) S (   11.9 12.9
3.1 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.7
39% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 29%
 
9.4 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   8.3 8.8
3.7 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sabah 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Qarabag 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Qabala 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Zira 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Neftci 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Kapaz 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
7 Kesl FK 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Sebail 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
9 Turan 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
10 Sumqayt 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Qarabag 28 21 6 1 72 13 14 12 2 0 47 5 14 9 4 1 25 8 59 69
2 Neftci 28 15 5 8 42 31 14 8 3 3 24 12 14 7 2 5 18 19 11 50
3 Zira 28 13 8 7 33 27 14 7 3 4 16 14 14 6 5 3 17 13 6 47
4 Qabala 28 12 9 7 38 34 14 5 7 2 18 12 14 7 2 5 20 22 4 45
5 Sabah 28 12 5 11 42 34 14 6 2 6 24 17 14 6 3 5 18 17 8 41
6 Kesl FK 28 5 7 16 25 49 14 2 5 7 12 18 14 3 2 9 13 31 -24 22
7 Sumqayt 28 5 7 16 22 46 14 4 2 8 13 24 14 1 5 8 9 22 -24 22
8 Sebail 28 4 3 21 17 57 14 3 1 10 11 24 14 1 2 11 6 33 -40 15

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sabah 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Qarabag 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Qabala 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Zira 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Neftci 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Kapaz 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
7 Kesl FK 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Sebail 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
9 Turan 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
10 Sumqayt 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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