Match Report
1 points for Sumqayıt (12th), 15 for Neftçi (1st): a 14-point gap. Per game in the league, Sumqayıt were scoring 0.75 and conceding 1.75, Neftçi 3 and 0.83, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Sumqayıt against 12/15 for Neftçi.
15 meetings are on record — 4 won by Sumqayıt, 5 by Neftçi, 6 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 20% of the wins in this fixture.
The match was played at Kapital Bank Arena (capacity 3,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Neftçi led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.
Goal scorers
Sumqayıt: Nadir Orucov (67') · Neftçi: Breno Almeida (23'), Lubomir Tupta (31'), Breno Almeida (56')
Key stats
Possession: Sumqayıt 53% · Neftçi 47% · Total shots: 7-12 · On target: 4-6 · Corners: 3-2