Match Report
Qabala (10th, 27 pts) visited Sumqayıt (7th, 38 pts) with 11 points between them. Qabala ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 10th table position. Against a league average of 1.29 goals per team per game, Sumqayıt ran at 1.27 scored and 1.52 conceded, Qabala at 0.97 and 1.48.
Defeat had followed defeat for Sumqayıt — four in succession.
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Sumqayıt, 5 draws and 0 for Qabala, at 1.6 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 20% of the wins in this matchup. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 20% of the meetings. The recent editions have closed up — 0.8 goals per game over the last five against 1.6 all-time.
Kapital Bank Arena, capacity 3,000, hosted the game. Sumqayıt led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Sumqayıt: Hojjat Haghverdi (19')
Key stats
Possession: Sumqayıt 43% · Qabala 57% · Total shots: 8-15 · On target: 3-3 · Corners: 3-8