It's game one of two in the Champions League as Qarabağ host Zürich. This is a 2nd Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
These teams have little in common geographically as Zürich have to travel 4300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Super League game only three days ago. That game, against Young Boys, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Zürich.
Qarabağ form and stats
Qarabağ have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Lech Poznan. Qarabağ participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached 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.
Qarabağ's previous fixture was a Champions League game also played at their home, ending 5-1 vs Lech Poznan. The home side hope to to build on that result.
Qarabağ always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika stadionu with 47 goals in 14 league games. Defensively Qarabağ have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 14 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zürich form and stats
Playing away, Zürich have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Super League this season.
Zürich lost away at Young Boys (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Zürich lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
The game before that, in the Super League, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Luzern.Zürich are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
After this away game Zürich return home for a Super League game against Luzern. That game is only four sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Zürich has managed 0 goals and let in 4 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Qarabağ missing players
Zürich missing players
| Qarabağ | Zürich | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 70 | 44 | Scored | S | 27 | 64 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 54% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 7.1 | 8.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.6 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 12.2 | ||
| 5.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6 | ||
| 50% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 39% | ||
| 5.7 | 4.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | Young Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Basel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Winterthur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Grasshopper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Lugano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Luzern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Servette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Sion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | St. Gallen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Zürich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
