Match Report
41 points separated the sides: Sabah 1st on 78, İmişli FK 9th on 37. Against a league average of 1.29 goals per team per game, İmişli FK ran at 0.73 scored and 1.21 conceded, Sabah at 2.27 and 0.76.
Three consecutive draws preceded this one for İmişli FK. Defeat had not touched Sabah in 15 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for İmişli FK, 11/15 for Sabah.
Across 6 recorded meetings, İmişli FK have 2 wins to Sabah's 3, with 1 draw, at 3 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 17% of meetings won. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more.
Heydər Əliyev adına şəhər stadionu staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,500. On the scoreboard, Sabah led 3-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-5.
Goal scorers
Sabah: Joy-Lance Mickels (15'), Steve Solvet (10'), Joy-Lance Mickels (35'), Aleksey Isayev (73'), Kaheem Parris (49')
Key stats
Possession: İmişli FK 33% · Sabah 67% · Total shots: 3-12 · On target: 1-10 · Corners: 1-2