Sheriff have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Qarabağ. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Qarabağ form and stats
Qarabağ have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Sileks. Qarabağ participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 3rd qualifying round and lost against APOEL.Qarabağ are steadily winning Premier League games and points here. 6 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games. The Qarabağ fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Qarabağ has played 19 games in a row here without a defeat.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 583 minutes.
Qarabağ's last game was hosting Sileks and winning 4-0. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Kesl FK.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Qarabağ played a great game against Sileks and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Qarabağ are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Defensively Qarabağ have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sheriff form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Fola Esch in order to reach 2nd Qualifying Round of Champions League. Sheriff's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 1st qualifying round.Sheriff are yet to lose a point on their National Division travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games. Things are running smoothly for Sheriff who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 29 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Petrocub. Sheriff are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 14 in a row without losing.
Sheriff had fun at their own home last time out, beating Fola Esch 2-0. Andrej Lukić and Anatole Bertrand Abang scored. Before that, Sheriff secured a home win against Petrocub with the score 4-1.
The visiting Sheriff have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. Sheriff are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 0 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Qarabağ wins - draws - Sheriff wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Castañeda Vélez 6 goals | A. Abang 5 goals | G. Boban 3 goals |
Qarabağ missing players
Sheriff missing players
| Qarabağ | Sheriff | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 40 | 15 | Scored | S | 15 | 47 | ||
| 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 69% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 6.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 249 | 128 | Total Shots | T S | 63 | 213 | ||
| 108 | 53 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 82 | ||
| 31% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 52% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 45 |
| 2 | Neftci | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Kesl FK | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Sumqayt | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 5 | Zira | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 23 |
| 6 | Sabah | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 7 | Sebail | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 20 |
| 8 | Qabala | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 19 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheriff | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 24 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 19 |
| 3 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Milsami | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Dacia-Buiucani | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Dinamo-Auto | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 7 | Speranta Nisporeni | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 8 | Floresti | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 9 | Zimbru | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 10 | Codru Lozova | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 29 | -27 | 0 |