About Match
Qarabağ go into the game 3rd in the table on 9 points; Sumqayıt sit 11th on 1 — an 8-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Qarabağ 2.33 scored and 1 conceded per game, Sumqayıt 0.75 and 1.75, with the league averaging 1.24. A win would lift Qarabağ to 12 points and up to 1st (other results unchanged).
Momentum sits with Qarabağ, winners of their last three. Sumqayıt are winless in 6. Qarabağ have banked 11 of the last 15 points on offer; Sumqayıt, 1.
Across 15 recorded meetings, Qarabağ have 13 wins to Sumqayıt's 2, with 0 draws, at 3.6 goals per meeting.
Tofik Bakhramov in Baku, capacity 31,200, hosts the game.