Match Report
27 points separated the sides: Khazar Lankaran 3rd on 40, Standard 3rd on 13. On recent form Standard sat only 18th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Against a league average of 1.03 goals per team per game, Khazar Lankaran ran at 1.3 scored and 0.55 conceded, Standard at 1.67 and 1.11.
Khazar Lankaran arrived on a run of three straight wins. Defeat had followed defeat for Standard — five in succession. Khazar Lankaran had banked 10 of the last 15 points on offer; Standard, 0.
Xəzər Lənkəran Mərkəzi stadionu in Lankaran staged the fixture, a ground that holds 16,000. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.