International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Nantes and Qarabağ are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Qarabağ have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
These are busy days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the Ligue 1. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Nice.
Nantes form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Nantes at their home stadium (Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Nantes has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Nantes shared the glory with Nice in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Girotto, defender, was given a rating of 7.83/10 in that game, top of the team. Girotto hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.
Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Brest.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nantes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 5 and lost 4.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Nantes as they have a new game in only three days, a Ligue 1 match thankfully also at home. Clermont are visiting.
A decent goal production from Nantes in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. On the other hand, Nantes have conceded 6 goals.
Qarabağ form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the group stage.4-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Qarabağ in their Premier League matches away. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-1D-1L. This is both home and away.
Qarabağ go into this game after a win, the home game against Turan that ended 3-0.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Sumqayt.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Qarabağ playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 Qarabağ wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The schedule is very tough for Qarabağ now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Kesl FK is waiting in only three days.
Qarabağ create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 11 goals in 4 travels. Qarabağ's manager Qurbanov has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Qarabağ - Nantes 3-0 was the outcome when these two sides previously did battle, also in this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Şeydayev 10 goals |  M. Gurbanli 8 goals |   M. Simon 4 goals |
Nantes missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Nantes | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Scored | S | 23 | 60 | ||
| 41 | 15 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 14.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 6.7 | ||
| 28% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 36% | ||
| 12.9 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SC Freiburg | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Nantes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 4 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 27 | 32 |
| 2 | Lens | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Lorient | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | Rennes | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 6 | Monaco | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Lille | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Clermont | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Toulouse | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Troyes | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Nice | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Nantes | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Reims | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 16 | Auxerre | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 9 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 8 |
| 19 | Angers SCO | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
| 20 | Brest | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 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 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 30 |
| 2 | Sabah | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Neftçi | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Zira | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | -2 | 19 |
| 5 | Qabala | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Turan | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 7 | Sebail | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 8 | Kapaz | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | -19 | 5 |
| 9 | Kesl FK | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 4 |
| 10 | Sumqayt | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -14 | 4 |
