Gabala are going to have their first match away after the break following the national team matches. The squad of Dorinel Munteanu will face Simurg in the 5th tour of the Topaz Premier League.

The team from Zagatala appears in the list of Gabala opponents to be the one we scored most – 28 goals. Now with 2 more, Gabala could reach to their jubilee 30th goal in all tie history of the sides.

The first goal of the fixture could be the 50th of the all goals scored ever by both teams as Gabala capitalized for 28 while the opponents did only 21 in all appearances of the sides. 

One of the all 28 goals is own goal of Zagatala and the other 27 goals were scored by 24 players. Only Deon Burton, Daniel Subotic and Cristian Torres capitalized by 2 goals for earch. 

The latter scored in 2 games as the others did this in one event. 

All the 49 goals were scored in 26 forums of the sides starting by their first-ever tie since 2006 at the First Division where they faced 2 times. They also shared 2 domestic cup games and 22 league events. Gabala”s lead is evident on aggregate victories as we won 11 games while Simurg ended with 7 draws and 8 losses. Simurg suffer from the winless streak of the last 4 games.

The last 2 events in Zagatala ended by goalless draw.

2005/06. First Division

05.10.2005. Goy-Gol (Khanlar) - Simurg (Zagatala) - 2:0

Oleg Osadci, 56, Rovshan Ahmadov, 58

2005/06. First Division

01.03.2006. Simurg (Zagatala) - Gilan (Khanlar) - 1:3

Ramin Nasibov, 56-p. - Rovshan Valiyev, 45+1, Rashad Yusubov, 72-p., Ali Abishov, 76

2006/07. Premyer Liga

23.10.2006. Gilan (Gabala) - Simurg (Zagatala) - 1:2

Rahman Azizov, 65 - Elnur Mammadov, 2, Ramin Nasibov, 75

2006/07. Premier League.

07.04.2007. Simurg (Zagatala) - Gilan (Gabala) - 3:1

Ramin Nasibov, 50, 59, Agshin Omarov, 52 - Vitali Balamestni, 28 

2007/08. Premier League.

15.09.2007. Simurg (Zagatala) - Gabala - 2:0

Ramil Sayadov, 21, Andrei Danayev, 67

2007/08. Azerbaijan Cup, 1/8 final

24.10.2007. Gabala - Simurg (Zagatala) - 1:0

Abdulkader Oz, 9

2007/08. Azerbaijan Cup, 1/8 final

31.10.2007. Simurg (Zagatala) - Gabala - 2:1

Samir Musayev, 79, Aleksandr Maligin, 90+4 - Abdulkader Kamara, 76,

2007/08. Premier League.

27.04.2008. Gabala - Simurg (Zagatala) - 1:0

Shahruz Mustafayev, 63

2008/09. Premier League.

23.11.2008. Gabala - Simurg (Zagatala) - 0:0

2008/09. Premier League.

11.05.2009. Simurg (Zagatala) - Gabala - 1:0

Vladimir Mazyar, 84

2009/10. Premier League.

16.08.2009. Gabala - Simurg (Zagatala) - 2:1

Kanan Karimov, 11; İqor Melnik, 23 - Sergey Artyukh, 34

2009/10. Premier League.

28.11.2009. Simurg (Zagatala) - Gabala - 1:1

Elshan Mammadov, 47 - Aleksandr Maligin, 86 (o.g.)

2010/11. Premier League.

01.10.2010. Simurg (Zagatala) - Gabala - 0:2

Sasha Yunisoghlu, 14; Terri Kuk, 85

2010/11. Premier League.

27.11.2010. Gabala - Simurg (Zagatala) - 4:0

Deon Barton, 30 (p.); 61 (p.); Kristian Torres, 55; Arif Isayev, 90

2010/11. Premier League.

17.04.2011. Gabala - Simurg (Zagatala) - 3:0

Milan Antic, 34; Lyuba Baranin, 55; Cristian Torres, 88

2010/11. Premier League.

30.04.2011. Simurg (Zagatala) - Gabala - 0:0

2011/12. Premier League.

29.10.2011. Gabala - Simurg (Zagatala) - 0:2

Yevgeni Smakov, 40; Robertas Poskus, 59

2011/12. Premier League.

16.02.2012. Simurg (Zaqatal) - Gabala - 0:1

Victor Mendy , 81

2012/13. Premier League.

04.08.2012. Simurg (Zagatala) - Gabala - 1:1

Ilkin Gyrtymov, 66 – Dejan Kelhar, 15

2012/13. Premier League.

16.12.2012. Gabala - Simurg (Zagatala) - 0:1

Mario Bojic, 77

2012/13. Premier League.

05.04.2013. Gabala - Simurg (Zagatala) - 1:1

Rodrigues Assis, 54 - Tomislav Busic, 90

2012/13. Premier League.

03.05.2013. Simurg (Zagatala) - Gabala - 2:0

Nijat Gurbanov. 54; 68

2013/14. Premier League.

29.09.2013. Simurg (Zagatala) - Gabala - 0:0

2013/14. Premier League.

08.12.2013. Gabala - Simurg (Zagatala) - 2:1

Daniel Subotic, 52; 90+3 - Amit Guluzadeh, 65 (own goal)

2013/14. Premier League.

28.02.2014. Simurg (Zagatala) - Gabala - 0:0

2013/14. Premier League.

27.04.2014. Gabala - Simurg (Zagatala) - 1:0

Luis Paulo Hilario, 57