Sunday, August 20, 2017 / 8:00 pm. AZT

Azerbaijan Premier League / Pre-Match Facts:

- It is going to be the first home leg of the 2017/18 season at the Gabala City Stadium.

- It’s ekhpected to be a warm match as both sides won their first leg games of the season. Gabala, coached by Roman Grigorchuk, had won over Inter Baku while Sumgayit beat Kapaz and both results are the same with 2:1.

- The home match will be the 21st tie of the pair. The all twenty events include only league ekhperiences that started from August 14, 2011.

- Gabala are keeping up the lead that is well evident as the red-black side scored in all the ties. Grigorchuk’s men took thirteen victories and shared five draws following also two losses. The scoring difference is 38:16.

- Gabala lost only one match of the last fifteen events.

- Gabala are going more ahead of the opponent side with home match ekhperiences as the red-black team took nine victories on the trot. We lost only the last home match.

- Gabala scored 22 home goals and conceded five.

- Twenty three Gabala footballers sealed in the all 38 goals against Sumgayit. And opponent Jamil Hajiyev scored own goal.

- Top scorer against Sumgayit is Victor Mendy with seven goals being followed by Oleksiy Gai and Dodo (both with 3), Umar Kalabane, Bagaliy Dabo, Javid Huseynov and Lorenzo Ebesilio (all with 2).

Season 2011/12
14.08.2011. Premier League. Sumgayit Shahar - Gabala - 1:2
Orkhan Aliyev, 90+3 - Dodo, 5, Daniel Lopes Cruz, 41
04.12.2011. Premier League. Gabala - Sumgayit Shahar - 3:1
Serj Jehua, 37, Dodo, 70, Victor Mendy, 86 - Samir Abasov, 39

Season  2012/13
26.08.2012. Premier League. Gabala - Sumgayit - 4:1
Bruno da Silva, 33, Umar Kalabane, 53, 71, Rashad Abdullayev, 55 - Ruslan Gurbanov, 18
08.12.2012. Premier League. Sumgayit - Gabala - 0:1
Victor Mendy, 39

Season  2013/14
19.08.2013. Premier League. Sumgayit - Gabala - 2:1
Vugar Asgarov,4, Ruslan Gurbanov, 62-p. - Yannick Kamanan, 12
25.10.2013. Premier League. Gabala - Sumgayit - 2:0
Daniel Subotic, 24, Dodo, 63
02.02.2014. Premier League. Sumgayit - Gabala - 0:3
Victor Mendy, 3, Lorenzo Ebesilio, 55, Leonardo da Silva, 57
17.05.2014. Premier League. Gabala - Sumgayit - 3:1
Victor Mendy, 39, Lorenzo Ebesilio, 86, Abdulvahid Afolabi, 90+2 - Mahammad Gurbanov, 7

Season  2014/15
24.10.2014. Premier League. Gabala - Sumgayit - 3:1
Cavid Huseynov, 77, Pavol Farkash, 88, Ekigo Ehiosun, 90+2 - Ramazan Abbasov, 40
18.12.2014. Premier League. Sumgayit - Gabala - 1:1
Mahammad Gurbanov, 67 - Javid Huseynov, 86 (p.)
08.03.2015. Premier League. Gabala - Sumgayit - 2:0
Victor Mendy, 23, 34
08.05.2015. Premier League. Sumgayit - Gabala - 0:2
Oleksiy Gai, 39, Victor Mendy, 41

Season 2015/16
21.09.2015. Premier League. Gabala - Sumgayit - 1:0
Oleksiy Gai, 90+2 (p.)
21.11.2015. Premier League. Sumgayit - Gabala - 2:2
Ughur Pamuk, 29, Aghabala Ramazanov, 69 -  Camil Hacıyev, 40 (ö.g), Samir Zargarov, 71
14.02.2016. Premier League. Gabala - Sumgayit - 1:0
Ermin Zec, 69
09.04.2016. Premier League. Sumgayit - Gabala - 1:1
Oleksiy Gai, 65 -  Pardis Farcad-Azad, 85 (p.)

Season  2016/17
22.09.2016. Premier League. Gabala - Sumgayit - 2:0
Bagaliy Dabo, 85; 90
25.10.2016. Premier League. Sumgayit - Gabala - 2:2
Yusif Nabiyev, 47; Amil Yunanov, 90+4 (p.)  -  Rashad Eyubov, 64; Filip Ozobic, 73
28.01.2017. Premier League. Gabala - Sumgayit - 1:1
Vitaliy Vernydub, 58 - Mahammad Gurbanov, 53
29.04.2017. Premier League. Sumgayit - Gabala - 2:1
Amil Yunanov, 27; Mirabdulla Abbasov, 29  -  Asif Mammadov, 40