Match Report
The table read 4th (Qarabağ, 6 pts) against 5th (Şamaxı FK, 5 pts), 1 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Qarabağ 2 scored and 0.5 conceded per game, Şamaxı FK 1.25 and 1, with the league averaging 1.15.
25 meetings are on record — 16 won by Qarabağ, 2 by Şamaxı FK, 7 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 36% of the wins in this fixture.
Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika stadionu (Bakı (Baku)), capacity 31,200, hosted the game. The referee was R. Həmzəzadə, with 35 matches in our database and 1.5 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.
Goal scorers
Qarabağ: Renaldo Cephas (28'), Ricardo Apolinário (59' og), Oleksiy Kashchuk (84') · Şamaxı FK: Edqar Adilxanov (43')
Key stats
Possession: Qarabağ 65% · Şamaxı FK 35% · Total shots: 23-6 · On target: 11-3 · Corners: 7-4