Score opened in Sumgayit - Neftchi match: Vargas scored from penalty

The first match day of the 26th round of the Misli Premier League will conclude in Sumgayit. Sport24.az reports that the city's team of the same name will host Neftchi within "native walls".

Currently, the home side with 32 points is 7th with 32 points, while the "white-blacks" are 6th with 37 points. If the guests return from Sumgayit with a victory today, they can rise to the 5th place in the standings, surpassing "Araz-Nakhchivan" at least for one day.

In the first round match between the teams in Sumgayit, Neftchi won - 2:0. In the second round, the match held in the capital did not reveal a winner - 2:2

Note that the other matches of the tour will take place tomorrow and Wednesday evening.

Misli Premier League

III round, XXVI round

18:00. "Sumgayit" - "Neftchi" 1:0 (First half)

Goal: F. Vargas, 36, pen.

Referees: Kamal Umudlu, Vusal Mammadov, Eyyub Ibrahimov, Ali Aliyev
VAR: Ravan Hamzazada
AVAR: Jamil Guliyev
Referee inspector: Shahin Jafarov
AFFA representative: Seymur Salimli
Sumgayit. Mehdi Huseynzade city stadium.

"Sumgayit": 1. Mehdi Jannatov 3. Hojjat Haghverdi 7. Rustam Ahmadzada 8. Sabuhi Abdullazada (c) 24. Sanan Muradli 75. Nadir Orujov 9. Alexander Ramalingom 10. Nikola Ninkovic 72. Ryan Senhadjic 6. Sedrik Badolo 95. Nsana Simon

Substitutes: 22. Khayal Farzullayev 12. Murad Agamaliyev 29. Emil Mustafayev 21. Nihad Ahmadzada 37. Nihad Orujali 33. Danilo Beskorovayny 23. Ronaldo Vasquez 71. Masaki Murata 11. Aleksa Jankovic

"Neftchi": 13. Kenan Piric (c) 4. Elvin Jamalov 15. Elvin Badalov 7. Emil Safarov 77. Falaye Sacko 24. Mustafa Sek 5. Igor Ribeiro 18. Ifeanyi Matthew 33. Breno Almeida 11. Imad Faraj 10. Freddy Vargas

Substitutes: 1. Emil Balayev 81. Mahdi Hasanov 17. Murad Khachayev 19. Agadadash Salyanskiy 47. Murad Mammadov 45. Vincent Aboubakar 14. Edwin Kuç 6. Sessi D'Almeida 70. Andrey Shtogrin 22. Luis Ortiz 23. Jordan Rezabala 28. Alessio Curci