2 November 2026, 15:00 UTC

Sumqayıt vs Safa Baku Premyer Liqa prediction & result

Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium, Sumqayit
Referee: N. Ismayilli
Full time1 – 1

Final score: Sumqayıt 1-1 Safa Baku.

Before kick-off the model made it 58% Sumqayıt, 23% draw, 19% Safa Baku — fair odds of 1.72, 4.35 and 5.26.

Most likely scoreline: 2-0.

The model got this one wrong.

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Has the model earned this number?

Sumqayıt at 58%: of 1,648 settled 50–65% forecasts, 58.6% came in (average 55.4%). It can be read literally. The full record.

How the model saw it, minute by minute

Sumqayıt6%Draw91%Safa Baku3%

Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. A ball marks each of the 2 goals. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.

Match analysis

Match timeline

E. Suliman
20'
23'
M. Guel
31'
⚽M. Guel
Tiago Almeida
59'
60'
I. Zulfugarli
🔁R. Kehatout: E. Mustafaev
66'
Keffel
67'
⚽R. Vasquez
71'
75'
🔁E. Cafarovout: V. Qanbarov
75'
🔁F. Yusifliout: V. Pop
🔁N. Ahmadzadaout: N. Orucov
81'
🔁Tiago Almeidaout: A. Suleymali
81'
87'
🔁B. Dansokoout: N. Aliyev
87'
🔁Luis Felipeout: E. Mammadov

Line-ups

Sumqayıt
  • 16M. Johansson
  • 17N. Ahmadzada
  • 10R. Vasquez
  • 80Keffel
  • 42C. Badolo
  • 4E. Suliman
  • 5Renan Santana
  • 55Lucas Black
  • 21Tiago Almeida
  • 11M. Bangre
  • 19R. Kehat
Substitutes
  • 22K. Farzullayev
  • 12A. Arikhov
  • 20A. Suleymali
  • 37N. Orucali
  • 75N. Orucov
  • 3H. Haqverdi
  • 29E. Mustafaev
  • 97V. Pashayev
  • 27I. Barker
Coach: Filipe Candido
Safa Baku
  • 97Tiago Silva
  • 42E. Cafarov
  • 21I. Zulfugarli
  • 5A. Agcabayov
  • 83N. Quliyev
  • 6F. Yusifli
  • 18B. Dansoko
  • 4M. Jarjue
  • 17M. Guel
  • 11A. Dragu
  • 9Luis Felipe
Substitutes
  • 12A. Mustabazada
  • 99M. Huseynov
  • 3T. Quliyev
  • 23N. Aliyev
  • 55R. Huseynli
  • 28M. Musayev
  • 8V. Pop
  • 34C. Mamengi
  • 22O. Diaw

Form going into Sumqayıt vs Safa Baku

Sumqayıt

Premyer Liqa

  • L2-3away to Zira23 October 2026
  • W2-1Araz16 October 2026
  • W4-1Qabala10 October 2026

Safa Baku

Premyer Liqa

  • L1-2Kapaz24 October 2026
  • L2-3away to Şamaxı FK16 October 2026
  • L0-1Turan11 October 2026

Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first; context, not the model's input. How to read this.

Premyer Liqa table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPts
9Sumqayıt102441314-110
11Safa Baku11128820-125

Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table

The result against the call

Sumqayıt and Safa Baku drew 1–1. The model had leaned towards a win for Sumqayıt at 58% and given a draw 23%. At that figure it expects the outcome about once in every 4 matches like this one. The goals: M. Guel 31' for Safa Baku, R. Vasquez 71' for Sumqayıt.

What this result changed

Before kick-off the season simulation gave Sumqayıt a 7.6% chance to finish in the bottom two: 5.4% after a win, 8.3% after a draw, 12.7% after a defeat. The draw was the middle one of the three, and left the figure at 8.3%, 0.7 points higher than before the match.

For Safa Baku the question was the chance to finish in the bottom two, 70.0% going in: 59.5% after a win, 69.7% after a draw, 73.5% after a defeat. The draw was the middle one of the three, and left the figure about where it was, at 69.7%.

Read from our Premyer Liqa season simulation as it stood before this match (10,000 runs), counting this result alone. Every result since then has moved the table again, so today's figure is on the competition page.

Statistical estimate, not betting advice This prediction is generated from a statistical model for entertainment and informational purposes only. It does not guarantee any outcome and should not be used as the basis for placing a bet.