Match Report
The table gap was wide: 34 points between Neftçi (6th, 49 pts) and Khazar Lankaran (10th, 15 pts). Neftçi had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 6th overall. Against a league average of 1.08 goals per team per game, Khazar Lankaran ran at 0.44 scored and 1.42 conceded, Neftçi at 1.14 and 1.14.
Defeat had followed defeat for Khazar Lankaran — three in succession.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Khazar Lankaran have 0 wins to Neftçi's 2, with 3 draws, at 2.6 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 20% of the wins in this matchup.
Xəzər Lənkəran Mərkəzi stadionu in Lankaran staged the fixture, a ground that holds 16,000. Neftçi led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.




