BAKU (Interstat) — Sumqayit defeated Gabala 4-1 on Saturday at Mehdi Hüseynzadə adına Sumqayıt şəhər stadionu. Mamady Bangre opened the scoring in the 6th minute, and Easah Suliman doubled the lead in the 9th. Shahin Shahniyarov pulled one back for Gabala in the 26th, but Ronaldo Vasquez restored Sumqayit’s two-goal advantage in the 29th. Lucas Black added a fourth in the 67th. Shahniyarov received a yellow card in the 83rd, while Lucas Black was booked in the 63rd. Renan Santana, Akinade I., and Badolo C. also were booked. The result left Gabala 0-1 in the competition and 0-1 across all competitions, while Sumqayit moved to 1-0 in the competition and 1-0 across all competitions. Sumqayit’s Jeam was substituted in the 22nd. Gabala made changes in the 46th, 67th, 78th, and 86th minutes. Sumqayit made substitutions in the 78th and twice in the 90th.