Boasting a 16 point lead in the league standings, Zira supporters crave to see their beloved team earn maximum points from this game hosting Sumqayıt.
- Zira have the most conceded goals (17) at home in Premier League
- Sumqayıt have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premier League
Zira form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Zira at their home stadium (Zirə qəsəbə stadionu) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The home regulars saw a 2-2 draw versus Kapaz last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Neftci (after extra-time) in the Azerbaidjan Cup.
It should be considered that a look at the 10 latest league fixtures reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Zira are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zira defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sumqayıt form and stats
There's been little loot from Sumqayıt's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Sumqayıt only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
The manager Abasov was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Sumqayıt suffered a 0-6 loss to Sabah (placed 2nd). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. Sumqayıt lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one.
Preceding that, the 0-6 home loss versus Sabah.Goals are few and far between in Sumqayıt's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 9 travels. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sumqayıt struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Zira have pulled off a sequence of 9 consecutive matches without defeat (5-4-0) when playing Sumqayıt.The most up to date past scoreline involving both these contenders is the Sumqayıt - Zira 0-2 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Taşqın 5 goals | R. Sadikhov 5 goals | H. Keyta 3 goals |
Zira missing players
Sumqayıt missing players
| Zira | Sumqayıt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 24 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 30 |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 61% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 44% | 61% |
| 56% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 33% |
| 22% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 50% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 33% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.9 | 7.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 6.7 | 8.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 31% | 29% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 14% |
| 11.2 | 10.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 11.3 | 11.7 |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
- Sumqayıt have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sumqayıt have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sumqayıt have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier League
- Sumqayıt have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premier League
- Sumqayıt have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
- Sumqayıt have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Premier League
- Sumqayıt have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Premier League
- Sumqayıt have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zira have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sumqayıt have scored away.
- Zira have the most conceded goals (17) 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 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 40 | 50 |
| 2 | Sabah | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 43 |
| 3 | Neftci | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 38 |
| 4 | Zira | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -4 | 28 |
| 5 | Qabala | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Turan | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 17 |
| 7 | Kesl FK | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -14 | 13 |
| 8 | Kapaz | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | -19 | 12 |
| 9 | Sumqayıt | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -20 | 12 |
| 10 | Sebail | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 10 |
