Gabala – AZAL – 0:1
Date: Friday, 6 February 2015 / Kick-off: 14:00 AZT / Venue: Gabala City Stadium / Crowd: 1500
Referee: Rahim Hasanov
Referee assistants: Ravan Hamzazadeh, Isgandar Aliyev
4th official: Azer Asgarov
Referee assistants: Ramil Ahmadov, Ingilab Mammadov
AFFA member: Shaig Hamidov
Referee inspector: Füzuli Najafov
Yeloow cards: Elvin Jamalov, 73 (unsporting behavior) // Aleksandr Şemonayev, 28 (unsporting behavior); Orkhan Lalayev, 70 (unsporting behavior); Victor Igbekoyi, 75 (unsporting behavior), 78 (unsporting behavior); Seymur Asadov, 90+3 (coming into the pitch with no order by the referee)
Red card: Victor Igbekoyi, 78
Goals: Rashad Abdullayev, 90+3 (p.)
Stoppage time: I Part - 0.; II Part 3 min.
Gabala met AZAL in the first home match of 2015 within 20th tour of the Topaz Premier League.

Gabala took the momentum with the early minutes into the game led to the opener by Rafaek Santos. But referee Rahim Hasanov ruled out the goal opened by his header punishing him for the foul on the opponent keeper.

With more minutes into the game, the post gave a great save to AZAL denying a powerful shot by Javid Huseynov at the edge of the box.

Before the end of the half, Elvin Jamalov and Aleksey Gai went close too opening the scoring but they were off the target.

Grigorchuk introduced Victor Mendy right at the beginning of the restart to double the forward line. Although the red-black side pushed harder, they were unable to score at their every efforts.

Then AZAL went down to 10 after Victor Igbekoyi was forced off with 2 yellow cards in a short time. Abishov fired the penalty on the post.

With the closing minutes, Javid”s pass into the box from the right was not met by anyone.

As the game was expected to finish in a goalless draw, Gabala conceded one in the closing minutes after AZAL’s pulsating free kick prompted Huseynov to foul on Nijat Gurbanov that led to penalty. Taking the penalty, Rashad Abdullayev finished clinically just like in the match of the first round.

Now losing the first home match of 2015 in 0:1, Gabala are having 22 points after 18.

Gabala line-up:

22. Dmitri Bezotosny
4. Elvin Jamalov
6. Rashad Sadigov
14. Javid Huseynov
15. Ruslan Abishov (c)
18. Ruslan Fomin
(90. Ekigho Ehiosun, 69)
19. Aleksey Gay
27. Bakhtiyar Soltanov
(9. Victor Mendy, 55)
32. Mikhail Sivakov
34. Urfan Abbasov
44. Rafael Santos
Subs.:

30. Anar Nazirov
5. Sadig Guliyev
7. Ruslan Amirjanov
16. Ruslan Taghizadeh
25. Adrian Ropotan
Head coach: Roman Grigorchuk

AZAL line-up:

16. Stanislav Namashko
4. Lasha Kasradze
18. Orkhan Lalayev
21. Novruz Mammadov
3. Juan Francisco
8. Seymur Asadov
(5. Karim Diniyev, 90+2)
17. Victor Igbekoyi
23. Aleksandr Shemonayev
(10. Nijat Gurbanov, 71)
25. Valeriy Kutsenko
27. Rashad Abdullayev (c)
20. Freddi Mombonqo
Subs.:

85. Kamal Bayramov
13. Shahriyar Rahimov
15. Oskars Klava
7. Tamkin Khalilzadeh
22. Eltun Yagublu
Head coach: Tarlan Ahmadov