Match Report
10 points and 1 places separated them: Neftçi 3rd with 59, Qarabağ 2nd with 69. Against a league average of 1.29 goals per team per game, Neftçi ran at 1.73 scored and 0.97 conceded, Qarabağ at 2.15 and 0.82.
The head-to-head ledger counts 14 games: 1 Neftçi win, 13 for Qarabağ, 0 draws, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 71% of the meetings.
Bakcell Arena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 11,000. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Neftçi: Emil Safarov (55'), Bassala Sambou (90') · Qarabağ: Elvin Badalov (85' og)
Key stats
Possession: Neftçi 39% · Qarabağ 61% · Total shots: 7-7 · On target: 2-2 · Corners: 0-5