Match Report
The table gap was wide: 47 points between Neftchi (1st, 64 pts) and Shurtan (16th, 17 pts). Against a league average of 1.26 goals per team per game, Shurtan ran at 0.9 scored and 1.9 conceded, Neftchi at 1.63 and 0.8.
Shurtan had been beaten in three straight games. Momentum sat with Neftchi, winners of their last four, having scored in 13 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Shurtan held 1 points of 15 and Neftchi 12.
4 meetings are on record — 0 won by Shurtan, 4 by Neftchi, 0 drawn, at 3.25 goals per meeting.
The venue was Stadion G'uzor, with room for 7,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Neftchi led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.
Goal scorers
Neftchi: Zoran Marušić (40'), Vladimir Jovović (88')
Key stats
Possession: Shurtan 51% · Neftchi 49% · Total shots: 7-14 · On target: 2-6 · Corners: 1-6