Match Report
1 points for Azerbaijan (4th), 13 for Slovakia (2nd): a 12-point gap. Azerbaijan had been under-performing their position — 48th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Azerbaijan 0.5 scored and 2.83 conceded per game, Slovakia 1.67 and 0.83, with the league averaging 1.3.
Azerbaijan entered with three losses in a row.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Azerbaijan, 4 by Slovakia, 0 drawn, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The venue was Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika stadionu (Bakı (Baku)), with room for 31,200 spectators. With 85 matches recorded and 2.0 yellow cards per game, R. Saggi was the man in the middle. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Azerbaijan: Toral Bayramov (38') · Slovakia: Lukas Haraslin (75'), Rahil Mammadov (15'), David Duris (87')
Key stats
Possession: Azerbaijan 40% · Slovakia 60% · Total shots: 10-9 · On target: 2-3 · Corners: 5-6