Neftchi Baku, Turan Tovuz play to 1‑1 draw

BAKU (Interstat) — Neftchi Baku and visiting Turan Tovuz played to a 1-1 draw Saturday at Neftçi Arena. Breno Almeida, who played 78 minutes, put Neftchi ahead in the 44th minute, and Aleksa Jankovic, who played 26 minutes, equalized for Turan Tovuz in the 73rd. Neftchi played a man down after Igor Ribeiro’s 30th-minute red card. Yellow cards went to Neftchi’s Gustavo Klismahn, Badalov E. and Sevelj V., and Turan Tovuz’s Balau D., Silva J. and Hurtado H. Turan Tovuz’s season record in this competition is now one win, one loss and one draw, while its record across all competitions is one win, two losses and one draw. Neftchi Baku’s season record in this competition is now no wins, no losses and three draws, and its record across all competitions is also no wins, no losses and three draws. Neftchi made substitutions in the 32nd, 46th, 78th and 90th-plus-2nd minutes, and Turan Tovuz made changes in the 64th and 88th.