About Match
Neftchi, 1st with 45 points, sit 20 points above Nasaf (9th, 25). On recent form Nasaf sit only 13th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 9th overall. Per game in the league, Nasaf score 1.05 and conceding 0.95, Neftchi 2.37 and 0.53, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game. If Nasaf win, their total rises to 28 and up to 7th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Nasaf have lost four in a row. The five-game form split reads 1/15 points for Nasaf against 12/15 for Neftchi.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 2 Nasaf wins, 4 for Neftchi, 1 draw, at 1.71 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 86% of the meetings. Historically tight: 29% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match takes place at Markaziy Stadion (capacity 10,500).