Shamakhi - Zira: betting tip for the match of the Azerbaijan championship
Shamakhi and Zira will play in the 20th round of the Azerbaijan Premier League. The visitors are among the contenders for medals and currently occupy third place in the tournament table. The hosts are currently closer to the relegation zone and occupy eighth place out of ten. Which of the rivals will be able to earn tournament points on January 24? The answer is in our betting tip for this match

Command Analysis

Keshla

Current form
Last season, Shamakhi took first place in the First Division and received a ticket to the Premier League, where it does not intend to fight for survival. Now the team occupies eighth place out of ten, but is only five points ahead of Sabail, who is in last place. In the last match of 2024, the hosts won a long-awaited victory, beating the capital Sabakh on their home field (3:1). In the first match of January, they managed to impose a serious fight on the hegemon of Azerbaijani football, Karabakh (2:3).
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts have no problems with their squad ahead of the Premier League match.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has won only one of its last ten matches.
- The hosts have never lost by more than one goal in their last five matches.
Estimated lineup: Fernandes - Radenovic, Bakich, Nagiyev - Maharamli, Konate, Kantaria, Muradov, Abbasov - Mikels, Pusi

Zira

Current form
Zira failed to fight for the championship last season, but managed to win the fight for second place, ahead of Sabah, Sumgait and Neftchi in a tense struggle. This season, the team reached the last qualifying round of the Conference League, where they lost to Cyprus Omonia (0:6 and 1:0). In the Azerbaijan championship, the club currently occupies third place and is only one point ahead of Tovuz Turan. In the last matches, the team won minimal victories over Sabail (1:0) and Araz (1:0).
Disqualifications and injuries
The visitors have no problems with their line-up ahead of the match.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has not conceded a single goal in the last four matches.
- The visitors have not lost in six matches in a row
Estimated lineup: Bayramov - Atska, Isaev, Martins Junior, Nureyev, Ruan Renato, Volkov, Alekperov, Gomis, Zebli, Suma
Trends
Bet Exact score 0:1
The last two matches of the visitors ended with this score
6.00Bet At least one team will not score
This bet has played in the last four away matches
1.62Bet Number 1 in the final score
This pattern has worked in two of the hosts' last three matches
1.67Tip and bets
The visitors are very careful at their goal and have already played four clean sheets in a row. At the same time, the team does not score very often - only two goals scored in the last three matches. We think that the match with Shamakhi will also follow Zira scenario, and therefore the total for goals is unlikely to be broken.
Our prediction is total under 2.5 goals at 1.55
Bet on the outcome
The visitors have gained excellent form in recent matches and have achieved positive results time after time. The hosts are significantly inferior in class and only gain points on major holidays, although they try their best to impose a fight on more famous competitors. We believe that Zira will get three points in this match.
Our prediction is Zira victory at 1.72
Bet on corners
We noted above that the teams are not playing well in attack and will probably pay more attention to defensive actions, so we will bet that there will not be many corner flag deliveries in this match.
Our prediction is total under 9.5 corners for 1.52