Today the Gabala main team are going to receive AZAL in the 7th tour match of the Topaz Premier League. It is going to be the first experience of Ramiz Mammadov as a coach, who has just newly named to the post.

The tie is the 17th after their first-ever match-up on 4 November 2006, when both sides were playing in their former club names. Then Gilan were fielding against Olimpik in Gabala city in the first match of Ramiz Mammadov as a coach just like the encounter today.

Now it will be his debut after 2156 days in a game against the same opponents following his return to the post.


- All Gabala - AZAL matches:

2006/07 04.11.2006 Premier League Gilan (Gabala) - Olimpik (Baku) 0:3
2006/07 03.05.2007 Premier League Olimpik (Baku) - Gilan (Gabala) 3:1
2007/08 02.09.2007 Premier League Gabala - Olimpik (Baku) 0:1
2007/08 15.03.2008 Premier League Olimpik (Baku) - Gabala 2:0
2008/09 18.10.2008 Premier League Olimpik (Baku) - Gabala 1:0
2008/09 25.02.2009 Azerbaijan Cup Olimpik (Baku) - Gabala 0:1
2008/09 11.03.2009 Azerbaijan Cup Gabala - Olimpik (Baku) 1:1
2008/09 12.04.2009 Premier League Gabala - Olimpik (Baku) 1:1
2009/10 17.10.2009 Premier League Gabala - Olimpik- Shuvalan (Baku) 2:1
2009/10 04.11.2009 Azerbaijan Cup Olimpik-Shuvalan (Baku) - Gabala 2:0
2009/10 11.11.2009 Azerbaijan Cup Gabala - Olimpik-Shuvalan (Baku) 1:0
2009/10 02.02.2010 Premier League Olimpik-Shuvalan (Baku) - Gabala 0:2
2010/11 23.10.2010 Premier League Gabala - AZAL (Baku) 0:0
2010/11 19.12.2010 Premier League AZAL (Baku) - Gabala 2:2
2011/12 19.08.2011 Premier League Gabala - AZAL (Baku) 1:1
2011/12 05.11.2011 Premier League AZAL (Baku) - Gabala 3:0

- Gabala – AZAL balance:

Championship:
Total: +2=4-6, goal difference – 9:18
Home: +1=3-2, goal difference – 4:7
Away: +1=1-4, goal difference – 5:11

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

All Tournaments
Total: +4=5-7, goal difference – 12:21
Home: +2=4-2, goal difference – 6:8
Away: +2=1-5, goal difference – 6:13

- Gabala – AZAL episodes:

* 88 footballers played for Gabala in all matches against AZAL.
* Abdulkader Kamara stays on top with 5 seasons against AZAL in the list that goes like this: Kamara (10), Pavel Dorosev and Vurghun Huseynov (9 for each), Lubo Baranin, Goga Beraia and Samir Zargarov (8 for each).
* In game minutes against AZAL, Dorosev possesses 810, ahead of all - Huseynov 773 and Baranin 720 minutes.
* The all 12 goals against AZAL were scored by 7 players of Gabala.
* Kanan Karimov scored the most – 3, then it goes with Christian Torres and Farzad Hatami both with 2 goals. Milan Antic, Deon Burton, Vitali Balamestni and Arif Isayev each scored just one.
* The only autogoal in the 16 ties came out by Alves Dos Santos of AZAL on 17 October 2009 in Gabala city.
* 5 Gabala goalkeepers conceded 21 AZAL goals - Dorosev 8, Elnar Karimov 6, Rashad Mustafayev and Zurab Mamaladze 3 for each, and Jahangir Hasanzadeh one goal. 
* 25 Gabala players got 43 cards in all AZAL experience so far: Kamara 6, Antic, Vurghun, Baranin and Beraia 3 for each, Turnike Aptsiauri, Zargarov, Razvan Tarlea, Yashar Abuzarov and Anatoli Tebloyev 2 from each, Kanan Karimov, Hatami, Balamestni, Anatoli Ostap, Ali Ismayilov, Tomasz Stolpa, Mikayil Namazov, Irakli Vashakidze, Vugar Hasanov, Daniel Lopez Cruz, Mahir Shukurov, Victor Mendy, Azar Jabbarov, Fiston Bokungu Ndjoli and Bruno dos Anjos saw the least number of cards.
* There are 3 red cards being shared by Kamara, Antic and Shukurov, the latter two were sent off.
* Gabala shot 2 penalties against AZAL, both found the net by Kanan Karimov. But the opponents fedback with their only penalty chance past Elnar Karimov.