Match Report
Sumqayıt went into the game 7th in the table on 38 points; Qabala sat 10th on 27 — an 11-point gap. Qabala had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 10th overall.
Sumqayıt arrived off four straight defeats.
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. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 20% of the wins in this fixture. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals. Recent meetings have been cagier — 0.8 goals per game across the last five against 1.6 historically.
Goal scorers
Sumqayıt: Hojjat Haghverdi (19')
Key stats
Possession: Sumqayıt 43% · Qabala 57% · Total shots: 8-15 · On target: 3-3 · Corners: 3-8