Match Report
Neftçi (2nd, 12 pts) visited Zira (4th, 10 pts) with 2 points between them. Per game in the league, Zira were scoring 1.4 and conceding 1.4, Neftçi 3 and 1, against a competition average of 1.27 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




