Qarabağ and SC Freiburg get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
SC Freiburg have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Qarabağ nor SC Freiburg as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Qarabağ form and stats
Last season, Qarabağ's Europa League journey ended in the group stage.Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Qarabağ so far, with 18 points won from 6 matches; 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Qarabağ has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Sahruddin M@h@mm@d@liyev not having conceded a league goal in 214 minutes.
A strong away win for Qarabağ against Kesl FK the last match, as Cəfərquliyev and Gurbanli were on target. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Qarabağ played a great game against Kesl FK and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Gurbanli was absolutely essential when Qarabağ beat Kesl FK 4-0, scoring three goals.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Nantes in the Europa League.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Qarabağ as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Kapaz are visiting.
It's goals goals goals for Qarabağ who have scored 20 goals from 6 league home games.
SC Freiburg form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Bundesliga. Total Europa League statistics for SC Freiburg: 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
The SC Freiburg goalkeeper Mark Flekken is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 190 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away games in a row for Freiburg, whose coach Streich could celebrate last time after the win against Schalke 04. Grifo got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, top player of the team. Grifo scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
One match before, 1-1 at home vs Olympiakos Piraeus in the Europa League. We have checked recent matches where SC Freiburg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 7 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as SC Freiburg are hosting Köln in the Bundesliga only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy SC Freiburg's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Freiburg have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent past scoreline featuring both these teams is the SC Freiburg - Qarabağ 2-1 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Gurbanli 11 goals |  R. Şeydayev 10 goals |   V. Grifo 6 goals |
Qarabağ missing players
SC Freiburg missing players
| Qarabağ | SC Freiburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 59 | 33 | Scored | S | 26 | 44 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.3 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 15.2 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 36% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 30% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 12.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Nantes | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 4 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 2 |
| 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 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 28 | 33 |
| 2 | Sabah | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 31 |
| 3 | Neftci | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | Zira | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | -5 | 19 |
| 5 | Qabala | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Turan | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 15 |
| 7 | Sebail | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | Kapaz | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | -16 | 8 |
| 9 | Kesl FK | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 4 |
| 10 | Sumqayt | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Union Berlin | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 28 | 25 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | FSV Mainz 05 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Köln | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Bochum | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -21 | 7 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -17 | 6 |
