Gabala are going to visit FC Baku tomorrow in the 8th tour of the Topaz Premier League. It will be the 23rd of all the ties where Baku are going better, but Gabala gave a crushing disappointment to them for the 4:0 result of the last match-up. Baku are the team with the most experience for Gabala as the pair met in 3 cup back-to-back games, besides 16 league matches. Yet, Gabala won only 3 victories.

The fixture appears to be our 12th away, which should become the first-ever outing win over the team of the capital city. The chance of the first away victory over Baku could be also the 3rd of the season visits.

2006/07 29.10.2006 Premier League Baku - Gilan (Gabala) 1:0
2006/07 21.11.2006 Azerbaijan Cup, 1/8 final Gilan (Gabala) - Baku 0:2
2006/07 02.12.2006 Azerbaijan Cup, 1/8 final Baku - Gilan (Gabala) 1:0
2006/07 18.04.2007 Premier League Gilan (Gabala) - Baku 0:1
2007/08 19.08.2007 Premier League Gabala - Baku 2:0
2007/08 24.02.2008 Premier League Baku - Gabala 3:0
2007/08 06.03.2008 Azerbaijan Cup, 1/4 final Baku - Gabala 1:1
2007/08 20.03.2008 Azerbaijan Cup, 1/4 final Gabala - Baku 1:1, p.4:3
2008/09 09.11.2008 Premier League Baku - Gabala 3:0
2008/09 25.04.2009 Premier League Gabala - Baku 0:1
2009/10 31.10.2009 Premier League Gabala - Baku 0:2
2009/10 13.02.2010 Premier League Baku - Gabala 2:0
2009/10 28.03.2010 Premier League Baku - Gabala 1:1
2009/10 01.05.2010 Premier League Gabala - Baku 1:0
2010/11 22.08.2010 Premier League Baku - Gabala 2:1
2010/11 23.12.2010 Premier League Gabala - Baku 0:1
2010/11 03.03.2011 Azerbaijan Cup, 1/4 final Gabala - Baku 0:0
2010/11 08.03.2011 Azerbaijan Cup, 1/4 final Baku - Gabala 1:0
2011/12 07.08.2011 Premier League Gabala - Baku 0:0
2011/12 26.11.2011 Premier League Baku - Gabala 2:1
2011/12 01.04.2012 Premier League Baku - Gabala 2:1
2011/12 29.04.2012 Premier League Gabala - Baku 4:0

- Gabala - Baku tie balance:
League:
Total: +3=2-11, goal difference – 11:21
Home: +3=1-4, goal difference – 7:5
Away: +0=1-7, goal difference – 4:16

Cup:
Total: +0=3-3, goal difference – 2:6
Home: +0=2-1, goal difference – 1:3
Away: +0=1-2, goal difference – 1:3

All tournaments:
Total: +3=5-14, goal difference – 13:27
Home: +3=3-5, goal difference – 8:8
Away: +0=2-9, goal difference – 5:19

Gabala - Baku match episodes

- Baku is the team meeting Gabala most.
- 99 footballers played for Gabala in all the previous 22 match-ups.
- Pavel Dorosev and Lubo Baranin stay on top with more than 10 matches experiences of Baku with, respectively, 12 and 11 matches. They are followed by Samir Zargarov and Azer Hashimov for 9 games.
- In match minutes, Pavel Dorosev has the most with 1080 minutes ahead of Lubo Baranin – 949 and Goga Beraia – 720.
- Eleven Gabala players scored 13 goals against Baku.
- Vitali Balamestni and Yannick Kamanan made this most of all both with 2 goals.
- Only one goal was scored by each of Vurghun Huseynov, Samir Zargarov, Deon Burton, Turnike Aptsiauri, Victor Mendy, Nodar Mammadov, Paulino Lopes Tavares, Serge Djiehoua and Parvin Pashayev.
- Our 36 players got 57 cards in all games against Baku.
- 6 Gabala footballers received 5 of them for each: Goga Beraia – 5, Milan Antic - 4, Samir Zargarov, Vurghun Huseynov, Lubo Baranin, Razvan Tarlea – each 3 cards.
- The only 2 red cards were lifted for Milan Antic and Lubo Baraninin.
- Our 6 keepers were beaten by Baku, with Nadir Shukurov and Rashad Mustafayev both conceding one goal. But Khayal Zeynalov and Zurab Mamaladzeh were slotted for 3, while Elnar Karimov goes upper with 5 and Pavel Dorosev beats the punishing record of 14 balls found his net. 
- Without taking account 2007/08 cup penalties, there were 4 twelve-yard shots in all 22 encounters, two of which past Elnar Karimov and Pavel Dorosev. And Yannick Kamanan was off target while Serge Djiehoua was the only successful.