"Qarabag" and "Sabah" will face each other for the first time in the final of the Azerbaijan Cup.
Idman.biz reports that 23 different pairs have faced each other in the previous 30 finals. The pair that will face each other on May 31 will be the 24th in the history of the finals.
Of the previous 23 pairs, one has met 3 times, five have met 2 times, and the others have met once. The record belongs to "Neftchi" and "Qarabag". In the duels of the pair that took place three times, the Baku team won in 1995/96 (3:0), and the Aghdam team won in 2014/15 (3:1) and 2015/16 (1:0) seasons.
In four pairs, the same team celebrated victory in both matches. "Neftchi" defeated "Shamkir" in 1998/99 (0:0, pen.5:3) and 2003/04 (1:0, extra time), "Kapaz" defeated "Qarabag" in 1997/98 (2:0) and 1999/2000 (2:1), "Khazar Lankaran" defeated "Inter" in 2007/08 (2:0, extra time) and 2010/11 (1:1, pen.4:2), and "Qarabag" defeated "Zira" in 2021/22 (1:1, pen. 4:3) and 2023/24 (2:1) seasons. In the finals of "Neftchi" and "Gabala", each team won once. In the 2013/14 season, the Baku team (1:1, p.3:2), and in the 2022/23 season, the Gabala team (1:0, extra time) won the cup.
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