On January 25, the match of the Azerbaijan Championship of the 19th round will take place. "Zira" will host one of the outsiders of the Sumgait championship on its field. On whose side will the victory be in this duel? Our sports portal evaluates the chances of rivals for success.
"Zira"The club is in a group with teams competing for European cups.
"Zira" scored 28 points after 18 rounds and is in fourth place in the standings, which gives the right to play in the qualification of the Confederations League. During the winter break, the team played three friendly matches against Romanian club Kindia Targoviste (3:2), Hungarian "Szeged" (2:3) and Serbian "Radničkov" (0:0). "Zira" is constantly in the top four in the championship. This season, the team has suffered six defeats after 18 matches.
"Sumgait"Sumgait is frankly failing this season.
Samir Abbasov's team has only 12 points in the asset after 18 rounds. The team is in eighth place out of 10, taking into account the fact that the 11th place ("Kapaz") the same number of points, and the last 12th place, which is "Sabail", has 10 points. Thus, under certain circumstances, the team may leave the top division of Azerbaijan altogether. Last season, the team took sixth place in the championship by a solid margin from the last team. And two seasons ago, the team fought in the Conference League qualification.
Figures and statisticsOn the road, Sumgait has won only one victory in nine matches this season
- The history of personal meetings on the field of "Zira" has 10 matches in all tournaments
- "Zira" has never lost to "Sumgait" on its own field
ForecastSumgait is frankly failing and has failed the season.
The team does not show the football that fans expect from it when Zira is in a group of teams fighting for the opportunity to show themselves in Europe. I think that in the match it will be difficult for the guests to at least score a goal.