Azerbaijan - Premyer LiqasıData current as of September 08, 2026

Sabah vs Karvan FK: match statistics

Sabah crest
Sabah
4 : 1half-time 3:0
Karvan FK crest
Karvan FK
175%(1.10)
X18%(7.60)
27%(19.00)

Sabah is the clear favorite for this encounter, sitting top of the table with an impressive record of 11 wins, 4 draws, and only 1 loss. The hosts are in excellent form, having won all of their last 5 matches, averaging 3 points per game during this period. At home, Sabah boasts a 63% win rate, 63% clean sheets, and a favorable goal difference of +8, conceding an average of just 0.38 goals per match. In contrast, Karvan FK sits in 12th place with a disastrous away record: only 1 win, 12 losses, and a goal difference of -8, conceding an average of 2 goals per away game. The visitors' recent form is alarming—only 1 point in the last 5 matches and a streak of 4 losses. Sabah's dominance in all key statistics, including possession (59% vs 41%), Expected Goals (2.05 vs 0.9), and offensive efficiency, points to a decisive victory for the hosts.

Sabah vs Karvan FK: form, goals and key statistics

Game details

Sabah played against Karvan FK in Premyer Liqası (Azerbaijan). The game was played on January 25, 2026. Final score: 4:1.

Recent form

Sabah has 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses over its last five games, averaging 3.00 points per game. Karvan FK has 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, with 0.20 points per game.

Scoring records

Sabah scores 1.81 goals per game and allows 0.56. Karvan FK scores 0.75 and allows 2.13. Games in this league average 2.51 goals.

BTTS and goal totals

Both teams score in 44% of Sabah's games and 56% of Karvan FK's. The Over 2.5 rates are 50% and 63%, compared with league averages of 46% for BTTS and 48% for Over 2.5.

xG and shots

Sabah has the higher season xG average, 1.84 to 0.85 per game. Sabah takes 13.7 shots per game, while Karvan FK takes 6.3.

First-half and second-half trends

Sabah leads at halftime in 44% of its games and scores 1.13 goals per game after halftime. Karvan FK leads at halftime in 25% and scores 0.31 after halftime.

When the teams score

Sabah's most productive scoring window is minutes 46-60 (8 goals). For Karvan FK, it is minutes 31-45+ (5 goals). These are past scoring patterns, not predicted goal times.

League scoring profile

Premyer Liqası games average 2.51 goals. Both teams score in 46% of games, and 48% finish with at least three goals.

Head-to-head record

Before this game, one previous meeting was available. The record was 1 home win, 0 draws and 0 away wins. Those games averaged 2.00 goals, with both teams scoring in 0% of them.

Archived pre-match analysis

This analysis was prepared before kick-off. The conclusions use only information available before the match and do not include the final result or post-match statistics.

General match analysis

Sabah is the clear favorite for this encounter, sitting top of the table with an impressive record of 11 wins, 4 draws, and only 1 loss. The hosts are in excellent form, having won all of their last 5 matches, averaging 3 points per game during this period. At home, Sabah boasts a 63% win rate, 63% clean sheets, and a favorable goal difference of +8, conceding an average of just 0.38 goals per match. In contrast, Karvan FK sits in 12th place with a disastrous away record: only 1 win, 12 losses, and a goal difference of -8, conceding an average of 2 goals per away game. The visitors' recent form is alarming—only 1 point in the last 5 matches and a streak of 4 losses. Sabah's dominance in all key statistics, including possession (59% vs 41%), Expected Goals (2.05 vs 0.9), and offensive efficiency, points to a decisive victory for the hosts.

View the statistical overview

Stats by half

3 : 0
First half
1 : 1
Second half

Game stats

60Possession (%)40
SabahKarvan FK
15Shots9
SabahKarvan FK
9Shots on target1
SabahKarvan FK
1.97xG0.89
SabahKarvan FK
7Corners0
SabahKarvan FK
55Dangerous attacks33
SabahKarvan FK
16Fouls7
SabahKarvan FK
0Cards0
SabahKarvan FK

Pre-game profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This team profile combines season stats and recent form. In-game statistics appear after the final whistle.

1.81Goals scored / game0.75
SabahKarvan FK
0.56Goals allowed / game2.13
SabahKarvan FK
57%Average possession44%
SabahKarvan FK
4.94Shots on target / game1.75
SabahKarvan FK

Team statswho is more efficient?

Compare both teams' attacking and defensive records this season.

13.69Shots per game6.31
SabahKarvan FK
4.94Shots on target1.75
SabahKarvan FK
13.2%Shot conversion11.9%
SabahKarvan FK
57%Possession44%
SabahKarvan FK
1.84xG for0.85
SabahKarvan FK
1.14xG against1.67
SabahKarvan FK

Shooting quality

Sabah: Efficient finishingKarvan FK: Balanced
SabahKarvan FK
Accuracy (shots on target)36%28%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.130.13
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.370.43

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five games and season record, overall, at home and away.

Sabah is 1400% better for: last-5 form.

3 pts / game - Sabah · 0.2 pts / game - Karvan FK

Sabah
WWWWW
5 wins in a row
Season result split
69% W25% D6% L
Season (W-D-L)
11-4-1
2.31 pts / game · goal difference +20
Last 5 (W-D-L)
5-0-0
3.00 pts / game
Record at home (W-D-L)
5-2-1
Last 5 at home
4-1-0
WWDWW
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 2.6Goals conceded: 0.6xG: 2.01Opponent xG: 1.41BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 80%
Karvan FK
LLLDL
No win in the last 5 games
Season result split
6% W19% D75% L
Season (W-D-L)
1-3-12
0.38 pts / game · goal difference -22
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-1-4
0.20 pts / game
Record away (W-D-L)
1-2-4
Last 5 away
0-2-3
DLLLD
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 0.6Goals conceded: 2.0xG: 0.76Opponent xG: 1.64BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 60%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Sabah is 141% better for: goals scored per game.

1.81 goals / game - Sabah · 0.75 goals / game - Karvan FK

Sabah is 280% better for: goals allowed per game.

0.56 goals / game - Sabah · 2.13 goals / game - Karvan FK

Sabah scoring profile: very strong

Sabah scores in 81% of games (13 of 16 meczów), while Karvan FK keeps a clean sheet in 6% (1 of 16 meczów).

Karvan FK scoring profile: mixed

Karvan FK scores in 56% of games (9 of 16 meczów), while Sabah keeps a clean sheet in 50% (8 of 16 meczów).

29Goals scored (season)12
SabahKarvan FK
9Goals conceded (season)34
SabahKarvan FK
2.38Average goals per game2.88
SabahKarvan FK
13Goals scored (last 5)3
SabahKarvan FK
3Goals conceded (last 5)10
SabahKarvan FK

How often they score at least...

81%1 goal56%
SabahKarvan FK
69%2 goals13%
SabahKarvan FK
31%3 goals6%
SabahKarvan FK
0%4 goals0%
SabahKarvan FK

How often they concede at least...

50%1 goal94%
SabahKarvan FK
6%2 goals81%
SabahKarvan FK
0%3 goals31%
SabahKarvan FK
0%4 goals6%
SabahKarvan FK

* Statistics include both teams' home and away games this season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often games involving these teams produce goals at both ends, compared with the league average.

Goal patterns

13%BTTS at half-time19%
SabahKarvan FK
0%BTTS in both halves0%
SabahKarvan FK
31%Scored in both halves13%
SabahKarvan FK

BTTS and goal count

38%Min. 3 goals and BTTS44%
SabahKarvan FK
13%Min. 3 goals without BTTS19%
SabahKarvan FK
60%BTTS - last 560%
SabahKarvan FK

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these games cross the goal lines?

See how often games involving these teams clear each goal line, for the full game and each half.

1st half

56%Min. 1 goal before half-time69%
SabahKarvan FK
25%Min. 2 goals before half-time31%
SabahKarvan FK
6%Min. 3 goals before half-time0%
SabahKarvan FK

2nd half

69%Min. 1 goal after half-time81%
SabahKarvan FK
50%Min. 2 goals after half-time63%
SabahKarvan FK
25%Min. 3 goals after half-time31%
SabahKarvan FK

Game halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Sabah is 45% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.81 pts / game - Sabah · 1.25 pts / game - Karvan FK

Sabah - half-time state
44% leading50% draw6% trailing
Karvan FK - half-time state
25% leading50% draw25% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.81Points per game (1st half)1.25
SabahKarvan FK
0.69Goals scored (1st half)0.44
SabahKarvan FK
0.19Goals conceded (1st half)0.56
SabahKarvan FK
0.88Average goals (1st half)1
SabahKarvan FK
81%Clean sheet before half-time56%
SabahKarvan FK
50%No goal before half-time56%
SabahKarvan FK

After half-time (2nd half)

1.94Points per game (2nd half)0.31
SabahKarvan FK
1.13Goals scored (2nd half)0.31
SabahKarvan FK
0.38Goals conceded (2nd half)1.56
SabahKarvan FK
1.5Average goals (2nd half)1.88
SabahKarvan FK
69%Clean sheet after half-time19%
SabahKarvan FK
38%No goal after half-time75%
SabahKarvan FK

Sabah - second-half results

50% W44% D6% L
29
Half-time points
11
Half-time goals
+8
Goal difference (1st half)
31
Second-half points
+12
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.81
PPG before half-time
Lead holding157%

Leads at halftime in 44% of games and wins 69%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime+0.2

Allows 0.2 more goals per game after halftime, a sign that the defense becomes less effective later in games.

Karvan FK - second-half results

0% W31% D69% L
20
Half-time points
7
Half-time goals
-2
Goal difference (1st half)
5
Second-half points
-20
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.25
PPG before half-time
Lead holding24%

Leads at halftime in 25% of games and wins 6%. Sometimes gives up a halftime lead.

Defense after halftime+1.0

Allows 1.0 more goals per game after halftime, a sign that the defense becomes less effective later in games.

Sabah - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game1.603.00
Goals scored / game0.42.2
Goals allowed / game0.20.4
Average goals per game0.62.6
1 goal60%100%
2 goals0%100%
3 goals0%60%
Clean sheet80%60%
No goal60%0%
Goal difference+1+9
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 100% won - 0% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 2
Karvan FK - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game1.400.20
Goals scored / game0.60.0
Goals allowed / game0.41.6
Average goals per game1.01.6
1 goal60%80%
2 goals40%60%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet60%20%
No goal40%100%
Goal difference+1-8
Half-time: 20% leading - 80% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 20% draw - 80% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 3

* Table colors show frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate and red is rare. They are not team ratings.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

The parts of a game in which both teams score and allow the most goals.

Sabah
ScoredConceded
1
1
0-15
5
0
16-30
5
2
31-45
8
2
46-60
4
2
61-75
6
2
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 46-60 (8 goals). Concedes most in 31-45 (2). Late-goal balance (76-90): +4 - wins late phases.

Karvan FK
ScoredConceded
0
4
0-15
2
1
16-30
5
4
31-45
1
5
46-60
2
9
61-75
2
11
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (5 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (11). Late-goal balance (76-90): -9 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends from completed games this season.

Game profile

2.63
Estimated goals
attack vs. opponent defense
2.0 : 0.7
Estimated goal split
home : away
105%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
50%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-24%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
45%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
8%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 13 matches
2-3
Most common goal range
attack vs. defense for both teams

Sabah

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.70
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.55
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-6.8 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.03
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
+0.58
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
147%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
44%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
+0.69
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.4
Late goals
21% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 3% come in the first quarter-hour.
21%

Karvan FK

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.82
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.56
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+0.7 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.10
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
-0.46
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
59%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
173%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
-0.18
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.1
Late goals
17% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 0% come in the first quarter-hour.
17%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range use public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical game profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed games from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Premyer Liqası).

Teams vs league

SabahLigaKarvan FK
Average goals per game 2.382.51 2.88
Both teams scored 44%46% 56%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 50%48% 63%
Clean sheets 50%32% 6%
Goal before half-time 56%65% 69%
Goal after half-time 69%77% 81%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.51
Average goals per game
46%
Both teams scored
48%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
32%
Clean sheets
1.23
Home goals / game
1.28
Away goals / game
+-4%
Home attack advantage
+-4%
Home defensive advantage
+-3%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
65%
1 goal
26%
2 goals
7%
3 goals
0%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
77%
1 goal
50%
2 goals
21%
3 goals
5%
4 goals

Lineups and player events

Verified starters, substitutes and recorded player events for this match.

Away team

Other recorded players

Match timeline

Goals, cards and substitutions arranged in chronological order.

  1. SabahGoalAaron Malouda
  2. SabahGoalAaron Malouda
  3. Karvan FKGoalOlawale Doyeni
  4. SabahGoalVeljko Simić

Referee and managers

Open their season profiles to compare match records, goals and disciplinary trends.

Referee context

See how often this referee shows cards, awards penalties and how their matches tend to finish.

Rauf CabbarovMatches officiated: 9
2.33Cards per match
0Penalties per match
1 / X / 211%Home wins11%Draws78%Away wins

Head-to-head

Record from Sabah's perspective: 1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses against Karvan FK. Games average 2.00 goals, and both teams scored in 0% of them.

Karvan FK
0 : 2
Sabah FK

FAQ

What was the result of Sabah vs Karvan FK?

The Premyer Liqası match finished Sabah 4:1 Karvan FK. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Sabah vs Karvan FK?

Sabah score 1.81 goals per game on average and Karvan FK 0.75. The Premyer Liqası average is 2.51 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 48% of games. Both teams score in 44% of Sabah's matches and 56% of Karvan FK's.

What form are Sabah and Karvan FK in?

Over the last 5 games Sabah have a 5-0-0 record (3.00 points per game) and Karvan FK 0-1-4 (0.20 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Sabah vs Karvan FK?

This page shows the full statistical context — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under. The tip, value assessment and full reasoning are in the NoFluffPicks app.