UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu - Istanbul Thursday 26 November 2020 Qarabağ FK 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Sivasspor Group I - Matchday 4 Last updated 11/12/2020 15:46CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 13 Legend 14 1 Qarabağ FK - Sivasspor Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu, Istanbul Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Caner Osmanpaşa 05/11/2020 GS Sivasspor - Qarabağ FK 2-0 Sivas 11, Kayode 88 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Qarabağ FK 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Sivasspor 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Qarabağ FK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Qarabağ FK have not played against a club from their opponents' country Sivasspor - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Sivasspor have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 Qarabağ FK - Sivasspor Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu, Istanbul Match background After losing their first three Group I fixtures, all of them outside Azerbaijan, Qarabağ are back in Baku, where they will hope to put their first points on the board against a Sivasspor side who beat them 2-0 in Turkey on Matchday 3. • The Turkish side's maiden UEFA Europa League group campaign started with two defeats, but they made it third time lucky at home to Qarabağ, an early goal from defender Cader Osmanpaşa – his first in Europe – putting them in control before Nigerian striker Olarenwaju Kayode maintained his goal-a-game record in the group with a late second to seal Sivasspor's historic victory. Previous meetings • That Matchday 3 meeting was Sivasspor's first UEFA encounter against a team from Azerbaijan and Qarabağ's first against opposition from Turkey. Form guide Qarabağ • Qarabağ were crowned champions of Azerbaijan for the seventh season running in 2019/20 – and eighth overall – having held an eight-point lead over second-placed Neftçi when the Premyer Liqa was abandoned in the early spring. Their sixth successive European group campaign, all under long-serving coach Gurban Gurbanov, ended, like all the others, in the autumn when they finished third in UEFA Europa League Group A behind Sevilla and APOEL. • This season, as in 2019/20, Qarabağ began their European journey in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round, but were eliminated two rounds later by Norwegian champions Molde in a penalty shoot-out after a goalless draw in Baku. They made amends by beating Legia Warszawa 3-0 away in the UEFA Europa League play-off to reach the group stage for the sixth time. They have yet to finish in the top two. • Qarabağ have won none of their last 11 home European group games, losing eight, including the Matchday 2 defeat to Villarreal in their temporary home of Istanbul (1-3). Their last home group win was 2-0 against PAOK in Baku on Matchday 3 of the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League. Sivasspor • Sivasspor finished fourth in the 2019/20 Turkish Süper Lig to qualify directly for the UEFA Europa League group stage, where they are making their debut, becoming the ninth different club from Turkey to play in the competition proper. • This is only Sivasspor's third experience of European competition. UEFA Intertoto Cup participants in 2008, where they beat Grbalj and lost to Braga, they qualified for the UEFA Champions League in 2009/10 as Süper Lig runners- up but lost their third qualifying round tie to Anderlecht (0-5 a, 3-1 h) before suffering the same fate in the UEFA Europa League play-offs against Shakhtar Donetsk (0-3 h, 0-2 a). • The Turkish club have lost their last four European away games, most recently going down 5-3 at Villarreal on Matchday 1. Links and trivia • Qarabağ striker Mahir Emreli's next appearance in UEFA club competition will be his 50th. • Qarabağ's Spanish midfielder Jaime Romero had a short spell on loan with Turkish club Orduspor and played in a 3- 2 Süper Lig defeat by Sivasspor, then as now coached by Rıza Çalımbay, on 30 March 2013. • Haiti international Donald Guerrier joined Qarabağ for the first time in 2017 after a single season in the Turkish top flight with Alanyaspor, for whom he scored four goals in 24 league appearances. • Sivasspor are one of six clubs making their UEFA Europa League group stage debut in 2020/21, the others being CSKA-Sofia (Group A), Granada and Omonoia (both E), Leicester City (G) and Royal Antwerp (J). 3 Qarabağ FK - Sivasspor Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu, Istanbul Team facts Qarabağ FK Formed: 1951 Nickname: Atlılar (The Horsemen) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 8 (2020) Azerbaijani Cup: 6 (2017) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2018/19: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2017/18: UEFA Champions League group stage 2016/17: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: play-offs 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: third qualifying round 2010/11: play-offs Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Qarabağ v Samtredia 11/07/17, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-4: Banga v Qarabağ 30/06/11, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-6: Qarabağ v Sporting CP 29/11/18, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: three times, most recently v Chelsea 12/09/17, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0 twice, most recently v Sileks 18/08/20, first qualifying round • Biggest away win 0-4: Banga v Qarabağ (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-6: Qarabağ v Sporting CP (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Jablonec v Qarabağ 23/07/97, first qualifying round first leg Sivasspor Formed: 1967 Nickname: Yiğidolar (The Braves) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None 4 Qarabağ FK - Sivasspor Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu, Istanbul Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: did not take part in UEFA competition 2018/19: did not take part in UEFA competition 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 3-1: Sivasspor v Anderlecht 04/08/09, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg 2-0: Sivasspor v Qarabağ 05/11/20, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Sivasspor v Shakhtar Donetsk 20/08/09, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Anderlecht v Sivasspor 28/07/09, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 2-0: Sivasspor v Qarabağ (see above) • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Sivasspor v Shakhtar Donetsk (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-3: Villarreal v Sivasspor 22/10/20, group stage 2-0: Shakhtar Donetsk v Sivasspor 25/08/09, play-off second leg 5 Qarabağ FK - Sivasspor Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu, Istanbul Squad list Qarabağ FK Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Shakhrudin 1 AZE 12/06/1994 26 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 4 - 8 - Magomedaliyev 12 Emil Balayev AZE 17/04/1994 26 - - - - - - - 4 - - - 2 - 94 Ayhan Arazli AZE 29/03/2001 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 4 Rahil Mammadov AZE 24/11/1995 25 - - - - - 2 - 1 - 3 - 13 - 5 Maksim Medvedev AZE 29/09/1989 31 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 30 1 101 2 21 Rauf Hüseynli AZE 25/01/2000 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29 Zamig Aliyev AZE 05/05/2001 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Abbas Hüseynov AZE 13/06/1995 25 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 7 - 7 - 22 1 55 Badavi Hüseynov AZE 11/07/1991 29 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 7 1 27 - 66 - 81 Kevin Medina COL 09/03/1993 27 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 9 - 3 - 7 - Midfielders 2 Gara Garayev AZE 12/10/1992 28 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 8 - 32 - 91 - 6 Patrick Andrade CPV 09/02/1993 27 * 1 - 1 1 3 - 6 1 3 - 5 1 8 Uroš Matić SRB 23/05/1990 30 - 3 1 1 - 3 - 7 - 11 1 15 2 9 Jaime Romero ESP 31/07/1990 30 - 2 1 1 - 3 - 4 - 7 - 18 4 10 Abdellah Zoubir FRA 05/12/1991 28 - 3 - 1 1 3 - 6 3 15 2 34 4 18 Ismayil İbrahimli AZE 13/02/1998 22 - 3 - - - 3 - 9 - 5 - 8 - 19 Filip Ozobić CRO 08/04/1991 29 S 3 - 1 1 3 - 8 6 15 - 45 6 27 Tural Bayramov AZE 23/02/2001 19 - - - - - 2 - 4 2 2 - 2 - 44 Elvin Jafarguliyev AZE 26/10/2000 20 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 7 - 2 - 5 - 77 Donald Guerrier HAI 31/03/1989 31 - 3 2 - - 3 - 6 3 8 - 31 6 Forwards 7 Kwabwena Owusu GHA 18/06/1997 23 - 3 - 1 - 3 1 8 3 3 1 7 1 11 Mahir Emreli AZE 01/07/1997 23 - 3 2 1 - 2 - 6 6 15 - 49 5 22 Musa Gurbanli AZE 13/04/2002 18 - - - - - 1 - 5 1 1 - 1 - Coach - Gurban Gurbanov AZE 13/04/1972 48 - 3 - 1 - 3 - - - 33 - 110 - 6 Qarabağ FK - Sivasspor Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu, Istanbul Sivasspor Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.