Gabala and AZAL are in action for the 23rd tour match of the Azerbaijan Premier League this Sunday. The away match is going to be the pair’s sixth tie of season.

Match Preview:

- The sides met two times in the league and two in the domestic cup.

- Gabala took four victories and shared one draw through eight goals and conceding only one.

- The away match to be held at the AZAL Arena will be the 36th tie of the sides ever after 29 league and 6 cup events.

- Gabala are staying unbeaten for the last six matches and won five of them.

- Gabala’s lead is well evident with total fourteen wins and ten draws following also eleven losses.

- The red-black team scored thirty nine goals and conceded thirty eight.

- The teams met eleven years ago for the first-ever league tie and now it is going to be the 30th.

- Both sides earned three points in ten league matches and shared nine draws.

- The team from capital Baku go more ahead in goal difference - 34:33.

- Gabala’s all seventeen away matches include fourteen league and three cup events and possessions are balanced with seven wins and three draws for both sides.

- The home side are holding the scoring lead - 26:22.

- Gabala’s all 39 goals include four own goals by AZAL. The other 35 goals were scored by twenty footballers: Javid Huseynov and Filip Ozobic (both with four goals), Kanan Karimov (3), Ruslan Gurbanov, Asif Mammadov, Oleksiy Guy, Daniel Subotic, Victor Mendy, Farzad Hatami and Christian Torres (all with two goals).

All Ties:

2006/07 Season
Premier League
04.11.2006. Gilan (Gabala) - Olimpik (Baku) - 0:3
Khagani Mammadov, 32, Yovan Drobnyak, 41, Vidadi Rzayev, 80
03.05.2007. Olimpik (Baku) - Gilan (Gabala) - 3:1
Khagani Mammadov, 25, Pathe Bangura, 27, Namig Aliyev, 62 - Vitali Balamestniy, 33

2007/08 Season
Premier League
02.09.2007. Gabala - Olimpik (Baku) - 0:1
Farrukh Ismayilov, 38
15.03.2008. Olimpik (Baku) - Gabala - 2:0
Junivan Suares, 22, Fabio Luis Ramim, 80

2008/09 Season
Premier League 
18.10.2008. Olimpik (Baku) - Gabala - 1:0
Revaz Getsadze, 4
Azerbaijan Cup, 1/4 final
25.02.2009. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 1:1
Kanan Karimov, 67-p. - Basir Mugadi, 35-p.
11.03.2009. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 0:1
Farzad Hatami, 66
Premier League 
12.04.2009. Gabala - Olimpik (Baku) - 1:1
Farzad Hatami, 49 - Leandro Gomes, 86
2009/10 Season

Premier League 
17.10.2009. Gabala - Olimpik-Shuvalan  (Baku) - 2:1
Kanan Karimov, 60, Alves dos Santos, 68-own goal - Anatoli Doros, 55
Azerbaijan Cup, 1/8 final
04.11.2009. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 2:0
Anatoli Doros, 73; 74
11.11.2009. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 1:0
Kanan Karimov, 90-p.  
Premier League 
02.02.2010. Olimpik-Suvalan (Baku) - Gabala - 0:2
Kristian Torres, 11, 43

2010/11 Season
Premier League
23.10.2010. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 0:0
19.12.2010. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 2:2
Gvidas Yuska, 45+5, Robert Petrov, 90 - Arif İsayev, 3, Milan Antic, 19

2011/12 Season
Premier League 
19.08.2011. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 1:1
Deon Barton, 50 - Viktor Igbekoyi, 43
05.11.2011. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 3:0
Tales Sutz, 49, 68, Tarlan Khalilov, 90+1
2012/13 Season
Premier League
29.09.2012. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 0:0
03.03.2013. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 6:1
Viktor Igbekoyi, 17, Javid Taghiyev, 47, 60, Branislav Arsenyevic, 71, Zohair Benouahi, 77, John Olufemi, 90+3 - Mustafa Dabo, 12

2013/14 Season
Premier League
15.09.2013. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 1:2
Con Oluremi, 3 - Victor Mendy, 9, Daniel Subotic, 31
22.11.2013. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 1:0
Leonardo da Silva, 72
19.02.2014. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 1:2
Nedo Turkovic, 39-p. - Daniel Subotic, 44, Shahriyar Rahimov, 71-own goal
12.04.2014. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 0:0

2014/15 Season
Premier League
30.08.2014. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 1:2
Javid Huseynov, 82-p. - Rasad Abdullayev, 45+1-p., Karim Diniyev, 68 
20.11.2014. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 3:3
Eduardo Makiel, 32, Viktor İgbekoyi, 50, Freddi Mombongo, 80 - Lasa Kasradze, 23-own goal, Markinyos, 70, Javid Huseynov, 87-p.
06.02.2015. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 0:1
Rasad Abdullayev, 90+3-p.
05.04.2015. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 0:4
Javid Huseynov, 24, 41-p., Viktor Mendi, 26, Ekigo Ehiosun, 86

2015/16 Season
Premier League
15.08.2015. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 0:2
Oleksiy Guy, 45+1-p., Oleksiy Antonov, 76
28.10.2015. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 0:0
30.03.2016. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 2:1
Tural Humbatov, 54, Murad Sattarlı, 73 -  Oleksiy Guy, 37-p.
15.05.2016. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 2:0
Asif Mammadov, 21, Kamil Huseynov, 87-own goal 

2016/17 Season
Premier League
19.09.2016. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 3:0
Filip Ozobic, 31; Ruslan Gurbanov, 56; Roman Huseynov, 65
06.11.2016. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 0:0
Azerbaijan Cup, 1/4 final
13.12.2016. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 2:1
Filip Ozobic, 61; Ruslan Gurbanov, 74 - Mirzagha Huseynpur, 37 
21.12.2016. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 0:1
Asif Mammadov, 53
Premier League
08.02.2017. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 2:0
Filip Ozobic, 64-p.; 90+3