The first of two encounters in the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Qarabağ will try to edge Ferencváros in their own ballpark.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a NB 1 game only three days ago.
Qarabağ form and stats
Qarabağ have reached this Champions League stage through battling and winning against Lech Poznan and Zurich. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.Qarabağ have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 12 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. 2W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Qarabağ.
The Qarabağ boss Qurbanov and his crew return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Zurich in the Champions League. Huseynov was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Huseynov hit two key passes and won 5 of 10 duels.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Qarabağ have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Qarabağ as they have a new game in only one day, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Sebail are visiting.
Qarabağ always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika stadionu with 47 goals in 14 league games. As for guarding their own goal, Qarabağ have only let in 5 goals at home.
Ferencváros form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Tobol and Slovan Bratislava in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Ferencváros was sent out of Champions League in the play-offs last season, when Young Boys turned out to be too strong.Total Champions League statistics for Ferencváros: 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The regulars enjoyed Ferencváros's previous fixture versus Puskas, a 1-0 win played at home. Zachariassen came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Puskas last time out, making the manager Cherchesov feel like a tactical genius.
hometeam won
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Zachariassen 1 goals |
Qarabağ missing players
Ferencváros missing players
| Qarabağ | Ferencváros | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | ||
| 67 | 47 | Scored | S | 20 | 59 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 12% | ||
| 7.6 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.5 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 6 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 45% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paksi SE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Ferencváros | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Debrecen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Varda SE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Mezokovesd-Zsory | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ujpest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Kecskemeti TE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Vasas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Honved | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Puskas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | MOL Vidi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
