Gabala play host to away side Neftçi at Qəbələ Şəhər Stadionu in the Premyer Liqasi game on Friday.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Gabala v Neftçi, scroll down - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
Gabala
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Gabala enter this fixture following on from a 1-1 Premyer Liqasi stalemate versus Araz-Naxçıvan.
Fixtures featuring Gabala have often been entertaining encounters lately with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past six games alone, the sum total of 20 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 6 of these being chalked up by Gabala. That pattern might not be continued into this next game, however.
Neftçi
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Neftçi go into this meeting following on from a 3-0 Premyer Liqasi win with the defeat of Səbail in their previous fixture.
Samir Abbasov's Neftçi have managed to stick the ball in the net 9 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those matches adds up to 9.
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Head to head
A review of their prior head to head meetings dating back to 12/11/2022 tells us that Gabala have won 1 of these and Neftçi 4, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.
A combined sum of 13 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 3 of them from Dağ canavarı and 10 created by Neftçilər. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.
The previous league contest featuring the two was Premyer Liqasi match day 20 on 28/01/2024 and the score finished Neftçi 3-1 Gabala.
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Team News: Gabala
The Gabala boss Elmar Bakhshiyev will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of before this clash thanks to a fully healthy group ready to go. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Bilel Aouacheria and Ilkin Qyrtymov.
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Team News: Neftçi
Neftçi boss Samir Abbasov has a number of players out of action. Emil Balayev (Achilles tendon rupture), Ataa Jaber (unknown injury), Brayan Moreno (unknown injury) and Azer Aliyev (unknown injury) are not able to play. Eddy Israfilov is ineligible for this match because of suspension.
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Prediction
For this match, we think that Gabala will likely be able to score a goal against this Neftçi lineup, however a single goal might not be as many as they’ll concede.
Therefore, we’re predicting both teams to score in a 1-2 winning margin for Neftçi after the 90. Looking forward to this.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
11:32 28/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Gabala
Formed: 1995
Stadium: Qəbələ Şəhər Stadionu (4,500)
Chairman: Fariz Najafov
Manager: Elmar Bakhshiyev
Competitions: Premyer Liqasi position 10