Azerbaijan Premier League
Date: Saturday, October 14, 2017
Kick-off: 6:00 pm. AZT
Venue: Kapital Bank Arena
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Rauf Cabbarov
Assistant referees: Elman Musayev, Nahid Aliyev
Fourth official: Ingilab Mammadov
AFFA delegate: Sakin Mammadzadeh
Referee observer: Ahmadagha Jabbarov
Bookings: Rail Malikov, 37’ (unsporting behavior); Bakhtiyar Hasanalizadeh, 54’ (unsporting behavior) // Andy Halliday, 43’ (unsporting behavior); Asif Mammadov, 80’ (delaying game restart); Dmytro Bezotosniy, 88 (delaying restart)
Goal: Famoussa Kone, 29’
Stoppage time: First Half: 1 m. / Second Half: 4 m.

Gabala took 1:0 victory on Sumgayit in the eighth leg of the Azerbaijan Premier League. The away match was the first tie of the second round of the competition after the national games.

The pace of the match started by mutual attacks but the home side took the lead quickly. Then Roman Grigorchuk’s red-black team balanced the game that was evident when Bagali Dabo in the right passed to the box setting up the first threat against Sumgayit deflected the shot.

Shortly after, Javid Huseynov’s promising effort in the box was off the target. Another trouble to Sumgayit was set up by Famoussa Kone before the opponent keeper denied him.

Our keeper Dmytro Bezotosniy also showed his great value capitalizing on the ball among opponent player’s feet.

In the 29th minute, Kone came one-on-one with the opponent keeper and shot in after the host footballer fell down and lost the ball – 1:0. This was the first goal of the overseas player for Gabala.

The goal prompted Sumgayit to step up their inroads into the Gabala defense and Rashad Eyyubov’s threatening free kick just passed a little wide of the post.

Sumgayit seemed faster after the restart and threw everything against the visitors. But Bezotosniy didn’t get any tough trouble by the home side and Gabala were seeking for a chance of counterattack.

Although Grigorchuk introduced Asif Mammadov and Ruslan Gurbanov to the game, the things finished by attacks from Sumgayit.

The result left Gabala reaching to their fifth win of the season extending the points to 16.

Sumgayit Line-up:

1. Farhad Valiyev
2. Rail Malikov
(11. Ehtiram Sahverdiyev, 64)
3. Vurghun Huseynov (C)
5. Vugar Baybalayev
(7. Javid Taghiyev, 32)
9. Amil Yunanov
10. Javid Imamverdiyev
14. Bakhtiyar Hasanalizadeh
18. Tural Akhundov
19. Azar Salahly
32. Rashad Eyubov
97. Khayal Najafov

BENCH:
23. Mehdi Jannatov
6. Kamal Mirzayev
17. Farid Karimzadeh
39. Tural Bayramly
71. Ramazan Hasanov
 
COACH:  Samir Abasov

Gabala Line-up:
22. Dmytro Bezotosniy
5. Rasim Ramaldanov
8. Gismat Aliyev
9. Bagaliy Dabo
12. Andy Halliday
14. Javid Huseynov (C)
(11. Asif Mammadov, 68)
16. Dion Omar Malone
34. Urfan Abbasov
45. Famoussa Kone
(10. Ruslan Gurbanov, 79)
88. Tellur Mutallimov
90. Ekigho Ehiosun

BENCH:
23. Agil Mammadov
35. Murad Popov
4. Elvin Jamalov
6. Elvin Mammadov
7. Alen Akserov
17. Roman Huseynov
28. Hajiagha Hajiyev
32. Amin Seydiyev
70. Ulvi Isgandarov
COACH: Roman Grigorcuk