Match Report
The table read 3rd (Qarabağ, 6 pts) against 9th (Şamaxı FK, 2 pts), 4 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Qarabağ 2 scored and 0.5 conceded per game, Şamaxı FK 0.33 and 1, with the league averaging 0.88.
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. 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