It's time to decide the outcome of the Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round meeting between Zürich and Qarabağ. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
These teams have little in common geographically as Qarabağ have to travel 4300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The hosts Zürich saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Luzern, was also a home game here at Stadion Letzigrund. The away team is better rested.
Zürich form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Zürich at their home stadium (Stadion Letzigrund) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Zürich haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 243 minutes ago. Ceesay scored that one.
The home followers saw a 0-0 draw versus Luzern last time out and are looking for a victory here. Zürich's goalie Brecher played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Luzern with a stunning six saves. The goalie Brecher was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.15 out of ten. Brecher topped it up with a clean sheet.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Zürich handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
There will be little rest for Zürich after this match as they are travelling to St. Gallen for a Super League game in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Zürich's 1 home game: 0 goals, 0 conceded.
Qarabağ form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lech Poznan in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. Qarabağ's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 3rd qualifying round.Qarabağ have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 9-4-1 from 14 games. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
The followers enjoyed Qarabağ's previous game versus Zürich, a Champions League win (3-2) played at home. Midfielder Borges was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.35. Borges scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Qarabağ has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 14 games. It's not easy to score on Qarabağ as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other previously this season, with the final score Qarabağ - Zürich 3-2 written in the official records. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Wadji with 2 goals scored against Zürich in these 1 meetings.Zürich missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Zürich | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 62 | 33 | Scored | S | 24 | 71 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 7.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 13.9 | ||
| 6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 38% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 | Sion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Servette | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Basel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Luzern | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Winterthur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Zürich | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 9 | Grasshopper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Lugano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | 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 |
