- After two rounds, Gabala are going to the winter break of the domestic top-flight at the second place.

- Gabala appeared fourteen times following nine victories, four draws and one loss.

 

- The red-black side took their first leg of the season on August 8, and after 132 days, they are having thirty one points.

 

- Gabala scored thirty goals that are more than every other league side. The average scoring is 2,14.

 

- Roman Grigorchuk’s team conceded seven goals in fourteen matches going second in this point. The average allowed goals are 0,50. 

 

- All eight home matches earned Gabala twenty two points. This is the highest record among league teams’ home events.

- Gabala are of the four sides staying unbeaten at all home matches of the season half, including seven wins and one draw by sixteen goals, also following one allowed goal.

 

- Our team gained nine points from six aways, following two victories, three draws and one loss. They are the side scoring most in opponent pitches with fourteen goals, as well as one of the three sides conceding no more than five goals. Gabala lost only one away being one of two teams with this title.

- Gabala were unable to score only in two matches of all fourteen ties. But both events ended in a draw.

 

- There are eight kinds of results: 2:0 (four matches), 2:1 and 0:0 (two matches for each), 4:1, 3:0, 8:0, 1:0, 1:1 and 2:2 (one match for each).

 

- The red-black team hit three high-scoring victories during the season half. The 8:0 win over Neftchi is the higest on the way.

- Bagali Dabo struck the only hat-trick on all fourteen shows.

- There are also four doubles scored by Bagali Dabo, Ruslan Gurbanov, Sergei Zenjov and Theo Weeks.

- Filip Ozobic is keeping up scoring in the last three tours going more ahead than his all teammates in the season.

 

- Four captains introduced Gabala for the first half of the season: Rashad Sadigov (in 9 matches), Dmytro Bezotosniy and Asif Mammadov (two matches for each) and Rafael Santos (one match).

- Gabala’s all fourteen games were managed by seven referees: Rahim Hasanov (4 games), Aliyar Aghayev, Ingilab Mammadov, Rauf Jabbarov and Ravan Hamzazadeh (two games for each), Fariz Yusifov and Omar Pashayev (one game for both).

- Gabala’s eleven goals were scored in the half as other nineteen were in the second period.

- Gabala conceded no goals before half-time of every fourteen matches and all the seven goals were scored in the second period.

 

- Six of our all eight home events were held at the Dalgha Arena and two others were at the Gabala City Stadium.

 

- All the eight home events were attended by 9,600 viewers. It means 1,200 viewers to every game.

 

- All the six home events were attended by 8,800 viewers and average number is 1,633.

 

- More of the attenders were seen in a home match against Qarabagh with 3,000 viewers. Least number of attenders in Gabala were in a game against Zira.

- Following the two events in capital Baku, 500 viewers attended in the match against Inter while only 300 people watched tie with Kapaz.

All Ties

August 8. Gabala - Kapaz – 2:0
Goals: Tellur Mutallimov, 58; Bagali Dabo, 79’

 

August 12. Gabala – Inter – 0:0

 

 

September 10. Neftci - Gabala – 8:0
Goals: Bagali Dabo, 6, 16, 59; Vitali Vernidub, 10; Filip Ozobic, 29; Ruslan 
Gurbanov, 45+1, 83; Jayro Rodriges, 70 (own goal)

 

September 19. Gabala – AZAL – 3:0
Goals: Filip Ozobic, 31; Ruslan Gurbanov, 56; Roman Huseynov, 65

 

September 22. Gabala - Sumgayit – 2:0
Goals: Bagali Dabo, 85; 90’

 

September 25. Zira - Gabala – 0:2
Goals: Theo Weeks, 19;76 

 

September 2. Gabala - Qarabagh – 2:0
Goals:  Filip Ozobic, 11; Bagali Dabo, 14

 

October 15. Inter - Gabala – 1:1
Goals:  Aghabala Ramazanov, 48 // Sergey Zenyov, 69

 

October  25. Sumgayit - Gabala – 2:2
Goals:  Yusif Nabiyev, 47; Amil Yunanov, 90+4 (p.) // Rashad Eyubov, 64; Filip Ozobic, 73

 

October  29. Gabala – Neftci – 4:1
Goals: Sergey Zenyov, 11, 59; Asif Mammadov, 62; Rashad Eyubov, 77 // Araz Abdullayev, 49 

 

November 6. AZAL - Gabala – 0:0

 

November  19. Gabala – “Zira” – 1:0
Gol:  Filip Ozobic, 52 

 

November 29. Qarabagh - Gabala – 2:1
Goals: Richard Almeyda, 87 (p.); Dino Ndlovu, 90+4 // Filip Ozobic, 64

 

December 17. Gabala – Kapaz – 2:1
Goals: Filip Ozobic, 23 (p.); Ruslan Gurbanov, 83 (p.) // Tural Akgundov, 77 (p.)

 

- Twenty four footballers played for Gabala during the early two rounds. And only Dmytro Bezotosniy and Filip Ozobic appeared in all events.

- Only Dmytro Bezotosniy held during full times of all fourteen games.

 

- Thirteen of all twenty four players came on at least eight matches.

 

- Only one player appeared just one time.

 

- Top scorers of Gabala are Filip Ozobic and Bagali Dabo both scoring seven goals to have the same title of the Azerbaijan Premier League.

- Gabala’s ten players scored a goal: Ruslan Gurbanov (four goals), Sergei Zenjov (three goals), Rashad Eyubov and Theo Weeks (both two goals), Asif Mammadov, Vitaliy Vernydub, Tellur Mutallimov and Roman Huseynov (one goal by each).

- Only one own goal was scored by opponent side – Neftchi defender Jairo Rodrigues.

-       All three penalties past our keeper Dmyrto Bezotosniy.

-       Two penalties by Gabala’s Filip Ozobic and Ruslan Gurbanov were accurate while Nika Kvekveskiri missed the target at his only chance.

-       Gabala players picked thirty yellow cards and two were changed to red cards while only one red card was picked up right on one foul.

-       Sadig Guliyev is Gabala’s only one player forced off the pitch with a red card. The other thirty cards were used to charge fourteen footballers.

-       Vojislav Stankovic, Rafael Santos and Urfan Abbasov were charged most of their all other teammates.

-       Dmytro Bezotosniy conceded only in five of all fourteen appearances and was able to hold on clear for nine events. This is the record of the season.

-       Bezotosniy started to his clear run from the previous term and kept going for nine events or 915 minutes into the current season.

All Footballers

Footballers                             Matches     Minutes     Goals        Yellow     Red

Dmytro Bezotosniy                       14          1260          -7          0         0

Filip Ozobic                              14          1109          7           2         0

Asif Mammadov                        13          1044          1           3         0

Mahammad Mirzabayov            12          917            0           0         0

Ruslan Gurbanov                     12          813            4           3         0

Rashad Sadigov                         12          705            0           1         0

Vojislav Stankovic                    11          960            0           4         0

Urfan Abbasov                          11          919            0           4         0

Vitaliy Vernydub                          11          900            1           1         0

Theo Weeks                                  11          742            2           1         0

Elvin Jamalov                          10          830            0           3         0

Sergei Zenjov                         9            532            3           1         0

Bagaliy Dabo                              8            541            7           0         0

Ricardinho                               7            585            0           1         0

Rafael Santos                           6            450            0           4         0

Rashad Eyyubov                        5            321            2           0         0

Roman Huseynov                     5            180            1           0         0

Tellur Mutallimov                     4            200            1           1         0

Petar Franyic                            4            205            0           1         0

Javid Huseynov                       4            115            0           0         0

Murad Musayev                        3            225            0           0         0

Nika Kvekveskiri                       3            211            0           0         0

Gismat Aliyev                           2            67             0           0         0

Sadig Guliyev                           1            28             0           0         1