It's game one of two in the Europa Conference League as Qabala host Omonia Nicosia. This is a 2nd Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It's quite the trip for Omonia Nicosia when visiting Qabala as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
Qabala and Omonia Nicosia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Qabala form and stats
Qabala was eliminated in the 2nd qualifying round last season in the Europa Conference League. MOL Vidi was too strong.The story so far in the Premier League for Qabala at their home stadium (Şəhər stadionu) is 8 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Qabala are returning here after guesting Neftci in a Azerbaidjan Cup fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kapaz that ended 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Qabala perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Qabala as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Qabala has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Qabala are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 18 games. 21 goals have been conceded.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
Omonia Nicosia's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the group stage.Two away matches in a row for Nicosia, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Aris in the Super Cup.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus AEK Larnaca.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Omonia Nicosia in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Omonia Nicosia, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Qabala missing players
Omonia Nicosia missing players
| Qabala | Omonia Nicosia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 14 | 24 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 24% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qarabag | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 91 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 66 | 90 |
| 2 | Sabah | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 51 | 81 |
| 3 | Neftci | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 25 | 68 |
| 4 | Qabala | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 50 |
| 5 | Zira | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 15 | -1 | 50 |
| 6 | Turan | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -13 | 39 |
| 7 | Kapaz | 36 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 62 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 37 | -28 | 31 |
| 8 | Sumqayt | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 70 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -44 | 31 |
| 9 | Sebail | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 40 | -30 | 29 |
| 10 | Kesl FK | 36 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 52 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -26 | 25 |
