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Neftchi Baku

Vs

Zira

Since 26/08/2022

NB wins

Draws

ZIR wins

Meetings

on record

Total goals

20 Neftchi… · 18 Zira

Goals per game

2.24

both sides combined

Over 1.5

65%

of meetings

Over 2.5

41%

of meetings

BTTS

53%

of meetings

Last meeting

1-0

30 Aug 2026

Next game

–

none scheduled

Neftchi Baku vs Zira: the head-to-head

Neftchi Baku and Zira have carved a notably balanced rivalry since 2022, with 17 encounters that have left fans on the edge of their seats. The record shows 7 victories for Neftchi, 4 for Zira, and 6 draws, illustrating how evenly matched the sides remain. Across these fixtures, 38 goals have been scored, giving an average of 2.24 goals per game. In 65% of the meetings, two or more goals were netted, while 41% saw three or more, and just over half the games (53%) featured both teams finding the net. The most recent clash on 30 August 2026 ended 1-0 in favour of Zira, with Neftchi hosting. Goals have been split 20 for Neftchi and 18 for Zira. When Neftchi play at home they win 5 of 7, whereas away they secure only 2 of 10, underscoring a clear home-ground advantage.

01 Head-to-head record 02 Recent meetings 03 Goal Analysis 04 Current form 05 The Goal Clock – in this fixture 06 League Table 07 Squad value analysis 08 Recent results 09 Upcoming fixtures

01Head-to-head record⚖

Neftchi Baku

Zira

wins

goals

clean sheets

The last 17 games between these two clubs

41%

win %

24%

2.24

avg goals

2.24

65%

over 1.5 %

65%

41%

over 2.5 %

41%

18%

over 3.5 %

18%

1.18

scored

1.06

conceded

1.18

53%

btts

53%

35%

clean sheet

24%

Top three rows are this fixture: 17 meetings, 7 to Neftchi Baku, 6 drawn, 4 to Zira, at 2.24 goals a game. Everything below is these same meetings, seen from each club's side.

02Recent meetings📅

Neftchi Baku

Won at home

71%

5 of 7 home meetings

Won away

20%

2 of 10 away meetings

Drawn

35%

6 of 17 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Zira

Won at home

30%

3 of 10 home meetings

Won away

14%

1 of 7 away meetings

Drawn

35%

6 of 17 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Date	Competition	Home	Score	Away	Neftchi B…
30 Aug 2026	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Zira	1-0	Neftchi Baku	L	view
17 Apr 2026	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Zira	1-1	Neftchi Baku	D	view
23 Jan 2026	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Neftchi Baku	0-0	Zira	D	view
02 Dec 2025	Azerbaijan - Cup	Zira	0-0	Neftchi Baku	D	view
03 Oct 2025	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Zira	2-2	Neftchi Baku	D	view
13 Apr 2025	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Neftchi Baku	2-4	Zira	L	view
10 Feb 2025	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Zira	1-2	Neftchi Baku	W	view
23 Nov 2024	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Neftchi Baku	2-1	Zira	W	view
15 Sep 2024	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Zira	2-0	Neftchi Baku	L	view
20 Apr 2024	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Zira	3-1	Neftchi Baku	L	view
18 Feb 2024	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Neftchi Baku	1-0	Zira	W	view
03 Dec 2023	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Neftchi Baku	1-0	Zira	W	view
23 Sep 2023	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Zira	1-1	Neftchi Baku	D	view
01 Apr 2023	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Zira	1-1	Neftchi Baku	D	view
01 Feb 2023	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Neftchi Baku	1-0	Zira	W	view
29 Oct 2022	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Zira	0-3	Neftchi Baku	W	view
26 Aug 2022	Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa	Neftchi Baku	2-1	Zira	W	view

03Goal Analysis⚽

Neftchi Baku · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

3.1

Avg scored

2.1

Avg conceded

1.0

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.27 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	2.13	1.00	2.69	1.23	1.71	0.82
vs Stronger (3)	1.00	2.67	1.50	3.00	0.00	2.00
vs Similar (12)	1.67	0.75	2.60	0.80	1.00	0.71
vs Weaker (15)	2.73	0.87	3.17	1.00	2.44	0.78
Clean sheet %	37% (+5pp vs league)

Zira · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

2.1

Avg scored

1.3

Avg conceded

0.8

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.27 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.17	0.90	1.19	0.81	1.14	1.00
vs Stronger (2)	1.00	2.00	1.00	2.00	-	-
vs Similar (14)	1.00	1.00	0.83	0.67	1.12	1.25
vs Weaker (14)	1.36	0.64	1.50	0.62	1.17	0.67
Clean sheet %	50% (+19pp vs league)

04Current form📈

Neftchi Baku

DLWWWWWWWL

Last 10: 21 scored, 10 conceded.

Zira

DDWDLWLWWW

Last 10: 13 scored, 8 conceded.

Neftchi Baku

Home · last 10

DDWLWWLWWW

6 won · 22 scored, 10 conceded

Away · last 10

WDWWDWWWWL

7 won · 21 scored, 9 conceded

Zira

Home · last 10

DLDDDWWWWW

5 won · 14 scored, 9 conceded

Away · last 10

WLWWWDDDLL

4 won · 13 scored, 12 conceded

05The Goal Clock – in this fixture⏱

Neftchi Baku

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored0% / 100%

Conceded40% / 60%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 4 games. Most goals land in 61-75'.

From this fixture only: 4 of 17 meetings have goal timings on record. See Neftchi Baku's full Goal Clock across all their games.

Zira

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored40% / 60%

Conceded0% / 100%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 4 games. Most goals land in 76-90'.

From this fixture only: 4 of 17 meetings have goal timings on record. See Zira's full Goal Clock across all their games.

06League Table🏆

Record						Goals							Props / game						Squad value €m				Strengths
Rank	Team	MP	Pts	Win%	PPG	GF	GA	GD	G/G	O1.5	O2.5	O3.5	Cor	Cor O%	Crd	Crd O%	Fls	Fls O%	Tot	Att	Mid	Def	Att/g	Def/g	Poss%
1	Zira	3	9	100%	3.0	6	1	+5	2.3	67%	33%	33%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	12	6	1	6	2.0	0.3	-
2	Neftchi Baku	3	6	67%	2.0	8	2	+6	3.3	67%	67%	67%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	13	4	3	6	2.7	0.7	-
3	Qarabag	2	6	100%	3.0	4	1	+3	2.5	50%	50%	50%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	25	8	3	14	2.0	0.5	-
4	Sabah FA	2	6	100%	3.0	3	0	+3	1.5	50%	0%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	17	5	5	7	1.5	0.0	-
5	Turan	3	4	33%	1.3	1	1	+0	0.7	0%	0%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	10	3	2	5	0.3	0.3	-
6	Imisli FK	3	4	33%	1.3	2	3	-1	1.7	33%	33%	33%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	6	3	1	3	0.7	1.0	-
7	Kapaz	2	3	50%	1.5	1	2	-1	1.5	50%	0%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	5	1	2	3	0.5	1.0	-
8	Safa Baku	3	3	33%	1.0	1	3	-2	1.3	33%	0%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	4	1	0	3	0.3	1.0	-
9	Şamaxı FK	3	2	0%	0.7	1	3	-2	1.3	33%	33%	33%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	4	1	1	2	0.3	1.0	-
10	Qabala	3	1	0%	0.3	0	2	-2	0.7	0%	0%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	5	1	1	3	0.0	0.7	-
11	Araz	3	1	0%	0.3	0	6	-6	2.0	33%	33%	33%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	6	3	2	2	0.0	2.0	-
12	Sumqayıt	2	0	0%	0.0	1	4	-3	2.5	50%	50%	50%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	9	4	2	4	0.5	2.0	-

Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa 2026/27 full table · click any column header to sort (click again to reverse). In-cell bars are scaled within each column; scroll right for props, squad value and strengths. Highlighted teams are this fixture's sides. Full Azerbaijan - Premyer Liqa stats & trends →

07Squad value analysis💰

Neftchi BakuZira

€13.8m

squad value

€12.2m

€18.8m

attack

€16.4m

€6.6m

midfield

€4.6m

€24.3m

defence

€20.4m

players

Transfermarkt squad values, most recent season on record. Neftchi Baku carries the more valuable squad.

08Recent results📅

Neftchi Baku

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
17 Apr	@ Zira	1-1	D
26 Apr	vs Qarabag	1-5	L
30 Apr	vs Qarabag	2-1	W
05 May	@ Karvan	3-0	W
10 May	vs Şamaxı FK	3-0	W
17 May	@ Sabah FA	2-1	W
23 May	@ Kapaz	1-0	W
16 Aug	@ Sumqayıt	3-1	W
23 Aug	vs Araz	5-0	W
30 Aug	@ Zira	0-1	L

Zira

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
21 Apr	vs Turan	0-0	D
27 Apr	@ Turan	1-1	D
03 May	vs Qabala	1-0	W
08 May	@ Imisli FK	0-0	D
13 May	@ Sabah FA	1-2	L
17 May	vs Sumqayıt	2-1	W
23 May	@ Araz	2-3	L
16 Aug	vs Safa Baku	2-0	W
22 Aug	vs Imisli FK	3-1	W
30 Aug	vs Neftchi Baku	1-0	W