Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Zira languishing in the 6th position so far. The guesting Sebail will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Zira form and stats
3 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Zira has to build on here.Zira's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Keşlə FK (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the away draw at Qarabag that finished 0-0.
Zira have scored 10 goals here in 11 matches, not a lot. 16 goals have been conceded.
Sebail form and stats
As the visiting team Sebail have produced an overall stat of 5-1-4 so far.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Qarabag with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Sebail manager A. Hacıyev faced defeat in their match when travelling to Qabala and losing 1-2.
Sebail has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 15 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Sebail have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sebail - Zira 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 6 Zira victories, 2 draws and 1 Sebail win.Top Goalscorers
 K. Koubemba 5 goals |  E. Cociuc 4 goals |  M. Abbasov 3 goals |
Zira missing players
Sebail missing players
| Zira | Sebail | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | Played | 11 | 21 |
| 81% | 82% | Over 0.5 | 73% | 81% |
| 62% | 73% | Over 1.5 | 64% | 71% |
| 38% | 36% | Over 2.5 | 27% | 52% |
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 10% |
| 10% | 9% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 36% | Both teams to score | 18% | 24% |
| 38% | 36% | Clean Sheet | 55% | 48% |
| 48% | 45% | Failed To Score | 55% | 48% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Neftçi | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 23 | 45 |
| 3 | Sebail | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Qabala | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| 5 | Sabah | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -14 | 22 |
| 6 | Zira | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 22 |
| 7 | Keşlə FK | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 8 | Sumqayıt | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 17 |
