Match Report
47 points separated the sides: Zira 2nd on 62, Khazar Lankaran 10th on 15. On recent form Zira sat only 9th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, Zira were scoring 1.17 and conceding 0.86, Khazar Lankaran 0.44 and 1.42, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
Zira entered with three wins in a row. Khazar Lankaran had lost four in a row. Zira had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Khazar Lankaran, 1.
The venue was Zirə qəsəbə stadionu in Zirya, with room for 1,500 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.