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Zira play host to away side Neftçi at Zirə Olimpiya kompleksi stadionu in the Premyer Liqasi fixture on Saturday.
View all Zira v Neftçi tips, stats and our pre-match poll below (inc. the best betting odds).
📊 Form Guide
Zira
DLWWWD
Zira go into this match coming off the back of a 0-0 Premyer Liqasi drawn result against Sumgayit.
Over their prior 6 fixtures, Zira have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 9 times, an average number of goals per match equal to 1.5.
Neftçi
LDWWDW
Neftçi will go into the encounter after a 3-0 Premyer Liqasi win as they beat Araz-Naxçıvan in their last fixture.
For Neftçi, the goals were scored by Brayan Moreno (1') and Egor Bogomolskiy (87').
Over the course of their last half-dozen outings, Neftçi have amassed a total of 12 goals. Neftçi have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. In that time, they have had 8 goals scored by their opponents.
↔️ Head to head
Checking on their past head to head results stretching back to 29/10/2022 tells us that these encounters have been pretty painful for Zira. They have not managed to get themselves any wins at all whereas Neftçi have maintained the edge over them, getting wins in 67% of those match-ups.
A combined sum of 10 goals were produced between them in this period, with 2 of them for Qartallar and 8 coming from Neftçilər. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.
The last league meeting between the two was Premyer Liqasi match day 23 on 18/02/2024 and the score finished Neftçi 1-0 Zira.
🗞️ Team News: Zira
Filipe Pachtmann (unknown injury) and Maqsad Isayev (unknown injury) will be missing for Zira .
📋 Team News: Neftçi
From a largely healthy group of players, there’s just the sole fitness issue for the Neftçi boss Samir Abbasov to contend with. Emil Balayev (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be in action. Azar Salahly is ineligible for this match because of suspension.
🧠 Prediction
When taking all factors into account, Neftçi must be fancied to put one past this Zira lineup, however that may not quite be as many as they’ll concede.
We’re going for a narrow 2-1 winning margin for Zira after the 90. Should be a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 14:03 20/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Zira
Formed: 2014
Stadium: Zirə Olimpiya kompleksi stadionu (1,500)
Captain: Kamal Bayramov
Chairman: Natiq İsmayılov
Competitions: Premyer Liqasi position 3
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31 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 73 | WWWLD |
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31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | -2 | 47 | LWDDW |
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30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 47 | DWWDW |
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30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 46 | LWWWD |
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30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 43 | WWLLW |
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31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 42 | LDWWL |
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30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 39 | LLDLD |
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30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 32 | LDLLL |
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30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -22 | 31 | DLLWD |
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31 | 4 | 5 | 22 | -37 | 17 | DLLLD |
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