About Match
On the table this is a mismatch: Neftchi (1st, 48 pts) hold a 44-point advantage over Mash'al (16th, 4 pts). Neftchi have been under-performing their position — 5th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Mash'al score 0.48 and conceding 2, Neftchi 2.33 and 0.81, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Defeat has followed defeat for Mash'al — eight in succession. Mash'al have banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Neftchi, 12.
Across 6 recorded meetings, Mash'al have 3 wins to Neftchi's 3, with 0 draws, at 2.67 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 67% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 67% of meetings brought at least three goals.
Stadion im. Bahrom Vafoyev in Mubarek stages the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000.