Gabala struck their 3rd high score in 2014 for the 2nd record during the season beating Khazar Lankaran in clean sheet - 3:0 at the semifinal cup match on Wednesday. The team of Yuri Semin reached to their 3rd success after defeating Ravan on 20th September 2013 before taking victory over Sumgayit in February this year. After 73 days, the red-black side tripled their high scoring run, as well as repeating this at home at the end of the 208-day break.
5th Cup High Scoring
Beating Neftchala on 30th November 2011 at the cup round of 16, Gabala drive their high score run of cup to their next after 868 days. Now it is our 5th comfortable win in the contest.
High Scoring run in Cup
2005/06 15.10.2005 1/16 final MOIK (Baku) - Goy-Gol (Khanlar) 0:4
2006/07 12.09.2006 1/16 final Şahdağ (Guba) - Gilan (Gabala) 2:5
2006/07 16.10.2006 1/16 final Gilan (Gabala) - Shahdag (Guba) 6:0
2011/12 30.11.2011 1/8 final Gabala - Neftchala 3:0
2013/14 16.04.2014 1/2 final Gabala - Khaza Lankaran 3:0
...5th Semifinal Match
Failing to get victory in all cup semifinals, Gabala arrived to their debut in the 5th game earning the first high score record in cup semifinal.
Gabala produced their 32nd high score in all path of their records as they including 16 Premier League results.
Gabala defeated 0:1 to Baku in away match of round of 8 on 8 March 2011 and extended their unbeaten games up to 10. Having 5 draws in all this period, the team won their 5th game.
...5th double
Coming on the pitch for his 27th experience for the red-black squad , Nizami Hajiyev made his debut scoring against Khazar Lankaran. The midfielder is listed to be the 83rd player shooting at goal for Gabala. His is, as well as, the 30th footballer scoring in cup.
Hajiyev is also the 18th player scoring double amongst all 26 doubles. Kanan Karimov stays on top with 4 doubles as Yannick Kamanan did 3.
Nizami"s double is the 5th in all cup games of Gabala. Before this, it was Kanan Karimov coming on the scoresheet for two times as Jehua and Vusal Garayevdid only one time for each.
The last such result had been ground out in 2011/12 when Jehua scored 2 against Neftchala.
Mendy 5th
Victor Mendy, the best scorer of Gabala in our all 9-year history, was able to score again at this match coming on his 90th match for Gabala and the player from Senegal hit the same title with Luba Baranin staying at the 5th place amongst footballers having most games.
Scoring his 22nd for the red-black team, he was able to come on the scoresheet for 3rd experience in cup. Now Mendy got into the list of 5 players scoring most in all cup games: Kanan Karimov – 7, Vusal Garayev – 4, Ibrahim Huseynov – 4, Samir Zargarov, Victor Mendy – each with 3 goals.