Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Sabah 1st with 78 points, Neftçi 3rd with 59, 19 apart.
Neftçi entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
13 meetings are on record — 6 won by Sabah, 2 by Neftçi, 5 drawn, at 1.62 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 23% of those meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 23% of the meetings.
Goal scorers
Sabah: Aleksey Isayev (3') · Neftçi: Andriy Shtohrin (9'), Ifeanyi Mathew (71')
Key stats
Possession: Sabah 50% · Neftçi 50% · Total shots: 4-5 · On target: 1-2 · Corners: 5-4