The first of two encounters in the Champions League Play-offs, as the hometeam Qarabağ will try to edge Viktoria Plzeň in their own ballpark.
It's quite the trip for Viktoria Plzeň when visiting Qarabağ as the cities are 3600 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Qarabağ and Viktoria Plzeň.
Qarabağ form and stats
Qarabağ have reached this Champions League stage through battling and winning against Lech Poznan, Ferencvaros and Zurich. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.When playing at home in the Premier League, Qarabağ have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games. 3W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Qarabağ.
It's back home for Qarabağ, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sumqayt away with the result 2-0. Ozobić and Qurbanlı found the net in that victory.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Qarabağ at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sheriff and HJK in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. Viktoria's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 2nd qualifying round.Four points from two away games for Viktoria Plzeň, meaning one draw and one victory in the Czech Liga so far. Total Champions League statistics for Viktoria Plzeň: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
It's the second away game in a row for Viktoria Plzeň, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Hradec Kralove last time out. Pilař came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Hradec Kralove last time out, making the manager Bílek feel like a tactical genius.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Viktoria Plzeň playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 3 Viktoria Plzeň wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Viktoria Plzeň has managed 4 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Qarabağ-Viktoria Plzeň H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Qarabağ zero wins, Viktoria Plzeň zero wins, two draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Gurbanli 2 goals |  R. Şeydayev 2 goals |   J. Kliment 2 goals |
Qarabağ missing players
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
| Qarabağ | Viktoria Plzeň | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 70 | 46 | Scored | S | 16 | 52 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 14.1 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 6.7 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 43% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 42% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sabah | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Qabala | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Neftci | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Zira | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Turan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Kapaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Kesl FK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Sebail | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Sumqayt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bohemians 1905 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Zbrojovka Brno | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Slovan Liberec | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Slovacko | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Banik Ostrava | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Slavia Praha | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Sigma Olomouc | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Sparta Praha | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Ceske Budejovice | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Hradec Kralove | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Mlada Boleslav | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | Jablonec | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Teplice | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 15 | Zlin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Pardubice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
