Gabala 2:0 AZAL
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Kick-off: 3:00 pm. AZT
Venue: Gabala City Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ingilab Mammadov
Assistant referees: Azar Asgarov, İsgandar Aliyev          
Fourth official: Vagif Musayev
Additional assistant referees: Omar Pashayev, Ravan Hamzazadeh 
AFFA delegate: Abas Huseynov  
Referee observer: Rovshan Ahmadov
Bookings: Rashad Sadigov, 72’ (unsporting behavior); Vojislav Stankovic, 74’ (unsporting behavior); Filip Ozobic, 79’ (unsporting behavior); Nika Kvekveskiri, 79’ (unsporting behavior) // Omega Roberts, 3’ (unsporting behavior), 63’ (unsporting behavior); Elnur Suleymanov, 44’ (unsporting behavior); Emin Cafarguliyev, 45’ (unsporting behavior); Agil Mammadov, 75’ (opposing against referee order); Shirmammad Mammadov, 84’ (unsporting behavior)

Red cards: Omega Roberts, 63’ 
Goals:  Filip Ozobic, 64’ (p.), 90+3’
Stoppage time: First Half: 1 m. / Second Half: 4 m.

 

Gabala beat AZAL 2:0 in the opener of the Azerbaijan Premier League’s 17th tour at home. Roman Grigorchuk’s team gained the took the lead just going into early minutes of the match. But the visitor defense held on.

 

Filip Ozobic’s two long range shots were denied by the AZAL keeper. The opponent side’s counter attack could go only the edge of the box and was cancelled by our defensive line. The first threat within the half was set up by Ruslan Gurbanov with his two efforts a bit delayed and denied by the opponent defense.

 

Grigorchuk reinforced the Gabala defense introducing Sergei Zenjov after the break.

 

Holding most spaces, Gabala kept AZAL under sustained period of pressure and the opponents backed on counter attacks.

 

With early minutes into the second half, correspondence between Ozobic and Daniel Subotic led to a foul by AZAL on the latter when the visiting side went down to ten. Ozobic fired the penalty into the goal that was registered as his eighth goal for the red-black side. He also went one ahead in the list of the top scorers.

 

The next occasion came out from the other side but our keeper Dmytro Bezotosniy gave a great deny to save his team.

 

Gabala doubled their lead in the stoppage time when Mahammad Mirzabayov’s superb cross found Ozobic close to the spot to finish clinically – 2:0. The result left Gabala boosting their points up to 38 after eleven victories.

 

Gabala line-up:

22. Dmytro Bezotosniy
3. Vojislav Stankovic
6. Rashad Sadigov (c)
7. Nika Kvekveskiri
10. Ruslan Gurbanov
14. Javid Huseynov
(9. Sergei Zenjov, 46’)
15. Vitaliy Vernydub
(17. Mahammad Mirzabayov, 43’)
19. Filip Ozobic
31. Daniel Subotic
34. Urfan Abbasov
88. Tellur Mutallimov

 

BENCH:
33. David Pietrzkevic
4. Elvin Jamalov
18. Bagaliy Dabo
21. Roman Huseynov
77. Araz Abdullayev

 

COACH: Sanan Gurbanov

 

AZAL Line-up:
23. Agil Mammadov
5. Kamil Huseynov
18. Ruslan Amirjanov
44. Omega Roberts
24. Emin Jafarguliyev (c)
14. Ilgar Alakbarov
27. Rashad Abdullayev
19. Elnur Suleymanov
(95. Shirmammad Mammadov, 80’)
77. Arkadi Galperin
10. Nugzar Kvirtiya
9. Royal Najafov
(11. Frank Madu, 72)

BENCH:
1. Tarlan Gasymzadeh
3. Tural Humbatov
17. Eltun Huseynov
33. Seyidrazi Aghayev
16. Feyzi Ashkan
COACH: Tarlan Ahmadov