Azerbaijan Premier League
13th Tour
Date: Sunday, December 2, 2018
Kick-off: 5:00 pm. AZT
Venue: Gabala City Stadium
Crowd: 250
Referee: Vugar Hasanli
Assistant referees: Namig Huseynov, Jamil Guliyev     
4th official: Rovshan Rajabov
Referee observer: Asim Khudiyev  
AFFA delegate: Namig Mastanov    
Yellow cards: Urfan Abbasov, 47’ (unsporting behavior); Tamkin Khalilzadeh, 52 (rejecting referee order); Elvin Jamalov, 54 (unsporting behavior); Javid Huseynov, 90 (rejecting referee order) // Pardis Fardjad-Azad, 15 (unsporting behavior); Ilkin Muradov, 39 (unsporting behavior); Bilal Hamdi, 39 (rejecting referee order); 61 (unsporting behavior); Kamal Mirzayev, 61 (rejecting referee order)
Red card: Bilal Hamdi, 61
Goals: 0
Stoppage time: First Half: 1 m. / Second Half: 3 m.

Gabala played a goalless draw against Zirain a home match of the Azerbaijan Premier League, started yesterday and forced to stop in the 58th minute by a dense mist to be continued today. The visiting side started faster and set up some pulsating occasions. But Gabala came from behind to balance the course of the match going into mutual attacks. Our team went too close to opening the scoring in the half but misunderstanding between Vojislav Stankovic and Bahlul Mustafazadeh canceled the goal.

The second period took a start with the same tempo as both sides looked in mutual attacks. But the teams couldn’t set up threat. Then the dense mist forced the game to be postponed to the next day. 

Today, the match restarted with mutual attacks again and a foul by Zira’s Bilal Hamdi left his teammates in ten. Later on, Gabala stepped up their inroads into the Zira defence but unable to reach to the target.

After the final whistle, Gabala ended the last home match of the season’s half goalless.  

Gabala Line-up:
22. Dmytro Bezotosniy
3. Voislav Stankovic
4. Elvin Jamalov
11. Asif Mammadov
14. Javid Huseynov (C)
21. Atakora Lalavele
(10. Rauf Aliyev, 80)
27. Bahlul Mustafazadeh
28. Steeven Monroze
33. Tamkin Khalilzadeh
34. Urfan Abbasov
88. Sabien Lilay
 
BENCH:
 
30. Agil Mammadov
35. Murad Popov
2. Amin Seydiyev
5. Rasim Ramaldanov
7. Roman Huseynov
8. Gismat Aliyev
26. Faig Hajiyev
79. Ali Sadikhov
99. Abbas Aghazadeh
 
COACH: Sanan Gurbanov
 
Zira Line-up:
1. Anar Nazirov
2. Ilkin Girtimov 
7. Pardis Fardjad-Azad
(77. Mirsahib Abbasov, 80)
8. Kamal Mirzayev
9. Aleksandr Dedov
10. Sadio Tounkara
26. Milos Radivoyevic
27. Adrian Skarlatake
38. Ilkin Muradov
88. Tellur Mutallimov
91. Bilal Hamdi
 
BENCH:
 
85. Kamal Bayramov
11. Dilan Duvetru
17. Vusal Isgandarli
39. Sadig Guliyev
47. Amrah Bayramov 
3. Budag Nasirov
 
COACH: Samir Abasov