BAKU (Interstat) — Araz scored six unanswered goals Tuesday and routed home side Shimal 6-0 behind Aghadadash Salyanskiy’s hat trick. The visiting side scored in the 11th, 51st, 52nd, 70th, 87th and 90th minutes, while Shimal finished with no goals. Salyanskiy opened and closed the scoring, and Araz turned a one-goal halftime lead into a lopsided win after the break. Shimal, playing at home, never found a response.

Araz went ahead in the 11th minute when Salyanskiy scored. The visitors held that 1-0 advantage through halftime, and Shimal did not score in the first half. The second half began with a rapid burst: Rovlan Muradov scored in the 51st minute, and Abdulla Rzayev made it 3-0 in the 52nd. Ulvi Isgandarov added the fourth in the 70th. Salyanskiy scored again in the 87th and completed his hat trick in the 90th, capping Araz’s six-goal output. Shimal did not score in the second half.

Salyanskiy played all 90 minutes and finished with three goals. Muradov, Rzayev and Isgandarov each also played 90 minutes and scored once. Araz’s scoring came from Salyanskiy’s three goals and one apiece from Muradov, Rzayev and Isgandarov. The visitors pulled away after the interval, scoring three times in the final 20 minutes after already holding a 3-0 lead. Shimal could not answer after Araz’s two-goal burst early in the second half.

The result moved Araz to 1-0 in the competition and 1-3 across all competitions. Shimal fell to 0-1 in the competition and is 2-1-1 across all competitions. Araz’s competition record is now one win and no losses, while Shimal’s competition record is now no wins and one loss. Araz’s record across all competitions is now one win and three losses. Shimal’s record across all competitions is now two wins, one loss and one draw.

Araz had lost each of its previous three matches, falling 2-1 to Gabala, 2-1 at Sumqayit and 2-0 to Kapaz, before ending that skid. Shimal had won 5-2 against Baku Sporting and 4-1 at Mingachevir and drawn 1-1 with Khankendi in its previous three, but could not extend that unbeaten sequence. Shimal had entered the match after scoring five against Baku Sporting and four at Mingachevir, but Araz kept the home side off the score sheet. Araz, meanwhile, had lost its previous three matches but scored six against Shimal.

The visitors scored in the 11th, 51st, 52nd, 70th, 87th and 90th minutes, while Shimal never recorded a goal. Araz’s win ended a three-match losing run. Shimal’s loss ended a three-match unbeaten run. The game had one goal in the first half and five in the second half, all of them for Araz. Salyanskiy’s three goals came in the 11th, 87th and 90th minutes. Muradov scored in the 51st, Rzayev in the 52nd and Isgandarov in the 70th.

Araz’s goals came from four players. Salyanskiy scored three, while Muradov, Rzayev and Isgandarov scored one each. Araz scored twice in two minutes in the 51st and 52nd. Araz also scored twice in the final four minutes in the 87th and 90th. Shimal did not score in either half. Araz’s six goals were scored in the 11th, 51st, 52nd, 70th, 87th and 90th minutes. Shimal finished with zero goals. The visitors finished with six goals and the home side with none.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Shimal 3, Araz 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Araz with a 66.4 percent probability to win, and Araz had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1. The total score of 6 went under the over-under line of 3.5.