Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Zira in 4th and Sumqayıt in 3rd place.
- Sumqayıt haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It's no vacation for neither Zira nor Sumqayıt as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Zira form and stats
4 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Zira have to build on here in the Premier League.
Zira haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 270 minutes ago. F. Melivilo scored that one.
A strong away win for Zira against Keşlə FK the last match, as N. Anđelković and L. Bongongui were on target. A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Neftci.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Keşlə FK are coming to town in three days.
The Zira fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Zira have conceded only 9 goals.
Sumqayıt form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
There were no winners in Sumqayıt's previous match, a Azerbaidjan Cup home game that ended 0-0 vs Qarabağ (placed 1st). Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Qabala in the Premier League.
The schedule is very tough for Sumqayıt now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Azerbaidjan Cup game at Qarabağ is waiting in only three days.
Sumqayıt are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). As for defending, Sumqayıt rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sumqayıt - Zira 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Zira wins - draws - Sumqayıt wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ghorbani 9 goals |  D. Volkovi 8 goals | R. Sadikhov 7 goals |
Zira missing players
Sumqayıt missing players
| Zira | Sumqayıt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 28 |
| 25 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 28 |
| 74% | 73% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 61% | 55% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 70% |
| 39% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 48% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 22% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 43% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 52% |
| 43% | 55% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 39% | 45% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 9% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.1 | 5.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 6.7 | 6.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 32% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 43% | 44% |
- Sumqayıt haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 36 | 47 |
| 2 | Neftci | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 46 |
| 3 | Sumqayıt | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 32 |
| 4 | Zira | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 32 |
| 5 | Qabala | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -13 | 24 |
| 6 | Sabah | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 21 |
| 7 | Sebail | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -14 | 21 |
| 8 | Keşlə FK | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 20 |