International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Qarabağ and Maccabi Tel Aviv are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
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 Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Maccabi Tel Aviv have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Qarabağ form and stats
Last season, Qarabağ's Europa League journey ended in the group stage.4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Qarabağ so far this season. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses in this competition. It’s been three wins in a row for Qarabağ here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Before that game, the home loss against Sivasspor with the scoreline 2-3.
There will be little rest for Qarabağ after this match as they are travelling to Qabala for a Premier League game in only three days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Qarabağ is on fire here. A stunning 18 from 5 league matches. From these home matches, Qarabağ have conceded only 4 goals.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligat ha'Al travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-1D-1L. This is both home and away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Maccabi, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Maccabi have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Daniel Miller Tenenbaum. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Ligat ha'Al.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Villarreal in the Europa League.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Maccabi manager G. Donis as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Ashdod.
The travelling fans enjoy Maccabi's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. As opposed to that, Maccabi have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Maccabi Tel Aviv - Qarabağ 1-0.Top Goalscorers
  F. Ozobić 6 goals |  M. Mədətov 5 goals |  W. Guerrier 4 goals |
Qarabağ missing players
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
| Qarabağ | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 51 | 28 | Scored | S | 21 | 36 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Conceded | C | 15 | 21 | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.3 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 8.4 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Villarreal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 3 | Sivasspor | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 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 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 19 |
| 2 | Zira | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | Neftci | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 18 |
| 4 | Sumqayt | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 5 | Kesl FK | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 6 | Qabala | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 7 | Sebail | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Sabah | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Bnei Yehuda | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Ashdod | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Bnei Sakhnin | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 7 |
| 13 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 14 | Hapoel Hadera | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 4 |