Match Report
Şamaxı FK, 8th on 38 points, faced a 40-point deficit to Sabah (1st, 78). Per game in the league, Şamaxı FK were scoring 0.94 and conceding 1.21, Sabah 2.27 and 0.76, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Sabah had won three straight, having scored in 14 consecutive games. Şamaxı FK had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Sabah, 13.
8 meetings are on record — 1 won by Şamaxı FK, 4 by Sabah, 3 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 63%.
Şamaxı şəhər stadionu staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,000. Sabah led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sabah: Steve Solvet (37'), Umarali Rakhmonaliev (90'), Joy-Lance Mickels (77')
Key stats
Possession: Şamaxı FK 37% · Sabah 63% · Total shots: 9-23 · On target: 3-12 · Corners: 4-8