Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Neftçi (3rd, 59 pts) and Kapaz (11th, 27 pts). Recent form flatters Kapaz's table spot — 7th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 11th. Against a league average of 1.29 goals per team per game, Kapaz ran at 0.76 scored and 1.85 conceded, Neftçi at 1.73 and 0.97.
Neftçi had won four straight, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Kapaz 6/15, Neftçi 12/15.
13 meetings are on record — 3 won by Kapaz, 8 by Neftçi, 2 drawn, at 3.46 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 62% of the meetings.
Mehdi Hüseynzad? adina stadionu staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,047. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Neftçi: F. Vargas (54')
Key stats
Possession: Kapaz 40% · Neftçi 60% · Total shots: 5-16 · On target: 4-5 · Corners: 2-4