Gabala and Neftchi are in action for the 18th tour match of the Azerbaijan Premier League fixed to Sunday.

Key Facts:

- Gabala’s home match will be the 42nd tie of the sides since their first-ever game in 2006. They met in 38 league and 3 cup events.

- Both team won fifteen matches and shared eleven draws. Gabala’s lead is evident with 53 goals following 51 conceded.

- Dodo and Bagaliy Dabo both scored four goals against Neftchi that are more than any other Gabala footballers. They are followed by Oleksiy Gai, Lorentso Ebesilio, Yannick Kamanan and Ruslan Gurbanov with three goals for each. The latter scored five goals that includes two for Neftchi and three for Gabala.

- Steeven Monroze and Bagaliy Dabo scored in the last two games.

- All the three cup events ended by 1:1.

- Both teams won fifteen league matches and shared eight draws. The red-black side scored fifty league goals that are two more than Neftchi.

- Gabala are having seven home victories following eight losses and five draws throgh 25 goals and conceding 26.

Gabala vs. Neftchi: All Ties

Season 2006/07

30.09.2006. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gilan (Gabala) - 4:1
Zaur Taghızada, 9, Ramazan Abbasov, 12, Georgi Adamiya, 72, Vadim Borets, 83 // Rahman Azizov, 86

03.04.2007. Premier League. Gilan (Gabala) - Neftchi (Baku) - 1:4
Asif Mammadov, 90+1 // Rashad Sadigov, 50 (p.), Branimir Subasic, 56, Georgi Adamiya, 65, Nadir Nabiyev, 90+2

Season 2007/08

26.08.2007. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 2:0
Agil Mammadov, 24, Branimir Subasic, 87
 
02.03.2008. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 2:3
Azer Jabbarov, 57, Irakli Vasakidze, 75 // Branimir Subasic, 28, Dmytro Kruglov, 47, Georgi Adamiya, 90 (p.)

2008/09 Season

24.08.2008. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 0:1
Oleg Gerasimyuk, 39

01.03.2009. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 0:0

Season 2009/10
 
21.10.2009. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 1:0
Christian Torres, 80

10.12.2009. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 1:1
Rail Malikov, 65 // Vurghun Huseynov, 73

03.04.2010. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 1:2
Rashad Abdullayev, 63 // Milan Antic, 35, Tomas Stolpa, 90+5

09.05.2010. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 0:0

Season 2010/11

15.08.2010. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 0:2
Rashad Abdullayev, 69, Bahodir Nasimov, 76
 
21.11.2010. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 0:0

2011/12 Season

18.09.2011. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 2:0
Rashad Abdullayev, 64, Araz Abdullayev, 85

20.11.2011. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 1:0
Aleksandr Certoganov, 39

11.03.2012. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 4:1
Dodo, 18, 27, Yannick Kamanan, 78, 83 // Bahodır Nasimov, 66 

11.05.2012. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 0:1
Amil Yunanov, 87
 
2012/13 Season

18.08.2012. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 3:0
Javid Imamverdiyev, 47, 87, Julius Vobay, 56

03.11.2012. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 2:1
Lourival Assis, 31, Dodo, 89 // Nikolas Kanales, 32

21.04.2013. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 2:1
Denis Silva Kruz, 53, Nikolas Kanales, 69 // Lorval Assis , 15

14.05.2013. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 1:1
Yannick Kamanan, 72 // Rashad Sadigov, 13 

Season 2013/14
 
04.10.2013. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 1:2
Lorenzo Ebesilio, 7 // Mahir Sukurov, 20(p.), Rasad Sadigov, 56

15.12.2013. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 2:1
Araz Abdullayev, 12(p.), Mahir Sukurov, 90+4 // Leonardo da Silva, 45+1(p.)

09.03.2014. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 1:2
Lorenzo Ebesillo, 68 // Bahodır Nasimov, 29, 64.

02.05.2014. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 1:2
Javid Imamverdiyev, 50 – Dodo, 62, Lorentso Ebesilio, 90

22.05.2014. Azerbaijan Cup. Gabala - Neftchi - 1:1, p.2:3
Marat Izmaylov, 70 // Samir Masimov, 52

2014/15 Season
 
21.09.2014. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi - 0:0
29.11.2014. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 0:0

15.02.2015. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 1:3
Victor Mendy, 10 // Julius Vobay, 58, Denis Silva, 71, Flavinyo, 87 

17.04.2015. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 1:3
Nikolas Kanales, 44 // Aleksey Gay, 25, Javid Huseynov, 50, Victor Mendy, 86
 
Season 2015/16

17.10.2015. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 0:1
Oleksiy Antonov, 90 

13.12.2015. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 0:1
Filyo Jairo Rodriges, 22 

05.03.2016. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 1:2
Salas Guinta Antonio, 26 //  Rafael Santos, 52, Rashad Eyubov, 90

27.04.2016. Azerbaijan Cup. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 1:1
Rahman Hajiyev, 71 // Oleksiy Gai, 5

01.05.2016. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 2:2
Oleksiy Gai, 21(p.),, Rashad Sadigov, 51 //  Ruslan Gurbanov, 32, Elshan Abdullayev, 64 

04.05.2016. Azerbaijan Cup. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 1:1
Ermin Zec, 75 // Ruslan Gurbanov, 58
 
Season 2016/17

10.09.2016. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 0:8
Bagaliy Dabo, 6, 16, 59; Vitaliy Vernydub, 10; Filip Ozobic, 29; Ruslan Gurbanov, 45+1, 83; Jayro Rodrigues, 70 (o.g)

29.10.2016. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 4:1
Sergei Zenjov, 11, 59; Asif Mammadov, 62; Rashad Eyubov, 77 // Araz Abdullayev, 49 

03.02.2017. Premier League. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 1:0
Daniel Subotic, 77

14.03.2017. Premier League. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 1:0
Namig Alasgarov, 40
 
Season 2017/18

24.09.2017. Premier League. Gabala – Neftchi (Baku) – 2:1
Steeven Monroze, 4; Bagaliy Dabo, 40 // Namig Alasgarov, 48

19.11.2017. Premier League. Neftchi – Gabala – 2:3
Emin Mahmudov, 19; Kiril Petrov, 48 // Bagaliy Dabo, 22; Ruslan Gurbanov, 56 (p.); Steeven Monroze, 80