International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Qarabağ and Sivasspor are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Qarabağ form and stats
Last season, Qarabağ's Europa League journey ended in the group stage.Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Qarabağ are 4-0-1 (wins-draw-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa League, Qarabağ has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. Qarabağ are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Qarabağ's last game was hosting Sumqayıt and winning 6-1. Before that match, a Premier League win away at Neftci.
As mentioned above, Qarabağ "killed" Sumqayıt in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
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 Qarabağ have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost zero.
Qarabağ are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Sebail awaits in two days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Qarabağ is on fire here. A stunning 18 from 5 league matches. Qarabağ have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sivasspor form and stats
Playing away, Sivasspor have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the Super Lig this season. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 1W-0D-2L. This is both home and away. Two points from the last two away games for Sivasspor, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Sivasspor are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Fatih Karagumruk. A 1-2 loss hosting Galatasaray before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Sivasspor in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Sivasspor, four draws and four defeats.
A new game in only four days for Sivasspor, the Super Lig home match versus Goztepe. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Sivasspor's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. Sivasspor have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sivasspor - Qarabağ 2-0.Top Goalscorers
  F. Ozobić 6 goals |  M. Mədətov 5 goals |  A. Zoubir 3 goals |
Qarabağ missing players
Sivasspor missing players
| Qarabağ | Sivasspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 51 | 26 | Scored | S | 21 | 30 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 291 | 179 | Total Shots | T S | 158 | 264 | ||
| 141 | 84 | Shots on Target | S O | 61 | 100 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 3 | Sivasspor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 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 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 18 |
| 2 | Zira | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | Sumqayıt | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 4 | Neftci | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 14 |
| 5 | Kesl FK | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 6 | Sebail | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Qabala | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 8 | Sabah | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -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 | Fenerbahce | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Alanyaspor | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Fatih Karagumruk | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Kasimpasa | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Rizespor | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Hatayspor | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Konyaspor | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | Sivasspor | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Antalyaspor | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Goztepe | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | BB Erzurumspor | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Trabzonspor | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Genclerbirligi | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 5 |
| 20 | Denizlispor | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 21 | Ankaragucu | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 2 |