The reserves league got underway with Gabala at the opening match against Baku, the champions of the last season.

The hosts started faster and it seemed as a matter of time before they scored on 3 and 16 minutes - 2:0.

Gradually coming from behind, Gabala took the lead and scored their first just before the half-time with Ehtiram Shahverdiyev.

After the restart, the red-black half of the pitch kept up their possession to level in the 50th minute when Aziz Huseynov drew the home side to start from the center circle. It took only 2 minutes Gabala to go one ahead with Shahverdiyev"s double.

It was Gabala again scoring in the winner on 85 minutes thanks to Elnur Mustafazadeh - 2:4.

The result left the team of Luis Aragon having a good pace to the season.