According to the official website of the Professional Football League, four players were sent off in the match, which took place at the Republican Stadium named after Tofig Bahramov. Kevin Medina from the home team, Omar Buludov, Mamadou Kane and Voislav Stankovic left the field ahead of schedule.
Never before have so many players been sent off in a duel between teams facing each other in the 82nd national championship. In general, 4 red cards in one match in the history of national championships were last seen in the 2014/2015 season. In the match between Neftchi and Khazar Lankaran on November 24, 2014, the ratio of red cards was the score of the game - 2: 2.
The last time a team was penalized with three red cards in the same game was in the 2015/2016 season. On October 18, 2015, "Ravan" finished the game at home with "Kapaz" with a score of 0: 2 and ended with 8 players.
For the second time in the history of Azerbaijani championships, Neftchi was penalized with three red cards in one match. The first such incident took place in the 2013/2014 season. At the end of the match between Khazar Lankaran and Neftchi (2: 2) on February 9, 2014, the home team lost one player and the visitors lost three. Tarlan Guliyev was penalized in the 89th minute, Carlos Cardoso and Bruno Bertucci, as well as Agabala Ramazanov in the 90th + 4th minute.
It should be noted that Neftchi defeated Qarabag 2: 1.