📏 Form Guide

Neftçi

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Neftçi will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-2 Premyer Liqasi success versus Zira.

For Neftçi, the scorers were Emin Mahmudov (88') and Erwin Koffi (90'). Ruan Renato (90') was the scorer for Zira.

Neftçi have been conceding pretty frequently recently, although they’ve also done enough to score goals themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Neftçi have been punished defensively in 5 of them while also managing to get on the scoresheet in 6 of those games.

Looking at their past form shows that Neftçi:

• have not registered a win against Qarabağ in games played at home for the previous 7 league matches.
• have left without a victory over Qarabağ in their previous 14 league matches. A shocking run, it really is.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 home league matches.

Qarabağ

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Qarabağ will go into this meeting following on from a 5-0 Premyer Liqasi win as they beat Səbail in their most recent fixture.

For Qarabağ, the goalscorers were Yassine Benzia (76'), Leandro Andrade (80', 85') and Kady Borges (88').

In as many as 6 out of the previous 6 games featuring Qarabağ, a minimum of three goals have been struck. The average goals scored per match during that spell is 4.33, with the average number of goals for Qarabağ working out to 2.17. We will find out if that trend can be continued on here.

↔️ Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 08/10/2023 tells us that these fixtures have ended in disappointment for Neftçi. They have not managed to get any victories whatsoever whereas Qarabağ have just been too good for them, beating them in 100 per cent of those ties.

A total of 21 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 1 of them for Neftçilər and 20 for Atlılar. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The previous league match between these clubs was Premyer Liqasi match day 7 on 01/12/2024 when it finished Neftçi 0-3 Qarabağ.

📰 Team News: Qarabağ

Due to a mostly healthy group, there is just the sole fitness worry for the Qarabağ boss Gurban Gurbanov to contend with. Amin Ramazanov (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be in action.

⚡ Prediction

Our assessment is that Neftçi are dangerous enough to score a goal against this Qarabağ team, although just one goal possibly won’t quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We’ve gone for a narrow 1-2 win for Qarabağ at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Renata Leite, 14:02 16/02/2025