Match Report
Neftçi (2nd, 6 pts) visited Zira (1st, 9 pts) with 3 points between them. Per game in the league, Zira were scoring 2 and conceding 0.33, Neftçi 2.67 and 0.67, against a competition average of 0.88 goals per team per game.
Neftçi came in having won three on the spin.
The sides have met 15 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Zira, 6 draws and 4 for Neftçi, at 2 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. These meetings skew tight — only 33% saw more than two goals.
The venue was Zirə qəsəbə stadionu, with room for 3,000 spectators. Zira led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Zira: Qismat Aliyev (45')
Key stats
Possession: Zira 53% · Neftçi 47% · Total shots: 6-7 · On target: 4-0 · Corners: 8-6