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The first leg matches of the Azerbaijan Cup quarter-finals were remarkable for their low productivity.
"Report" informs that only 4 goals were scored in four matches.
"Shamakhi" defeated "Qarabagh" 2:1, and "Turan Tovuz" defeated "Kapaz" 1:0. The matches "Sumgayit" – "Zira" and "Sabah" – "Gabala" ended goalless. The average productivity is 1.00.
This is a repeat of the anti-record for the first matches where 4 matches were held. The same number of goals was recorded last season – "Sabail" – "Qarabagh" – 0:1, "Sabah" – "Sumgayit" – 0:0, "Kapaz" – "Neftchi" – 0:2, "Araz-Nakhchivan" – "Zira" – 1:0.
Before that, in the 2004/05 season, the first 4 matches of the 1/4 finals also ended with 4 goals – "Neftchi" – "Inter" – 0:0, "Genclerbirliyi" – "MKT-Araz" – 0:0, MOIK – "Khazar Lankaran" – 0:1, "Karat" – "Baku" – 1:2.
True, there were even fewer goals scored in this round – only 2. But in the 1997/98 season, three of the first matches of the 1/4 finals took place, and a technical result was recorded in one. Although there was an anti-record in average productivity, the total number of games was also small – "Dinamo" – "Qarabagh" – 0:0, "Kapaz" – "Bakili" – 0:0, MOIK – "Neftchi" – 1:1, "Pambigchi" (Barda) – "Kur-Nur" - -:+.
It should be noted that 4 goals were also scored in the seasons when the fewest goals were recorded in the second leg matches of the 1/4 finals. Such low productivity was experienced in the 1996/97 and 1999/2000 seasons.
