About Match
Qabala go into the game 7th in the table on 4 points; Neftçi sit 1st on 9 — a 5-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Qabala 0.5 scored and 0.75 conceded per game, Neftçi 3 and 0.75, with the league averaging 1.23. A win would lift Qabala to 7 points and up to 5th (other results unchanged).
The head-to-head ledger counts 12 games: 1 Qabala win, 10 for Neftçi, 1 draw, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 42% of meetings won.
Qəbələ şəhər stadionu ehtiyat meydança in Qəbələ stages the fixture, a ground that holds 8,000.