Liechtenstein vs Azerbaijan 0-1

Mahir Emreli scored the only goal in the 26th minute as Azerbaijan beat Liechtenstein 1-0 in League D-5 in Vaduz. Liechtenstein never found a reply.

Emreli opened the scoring in the 26th minute with Azerbaijan's only goal of the first half. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Liechtenstein made changes through the second half, with Bruno Poitner coming on in the 62nd minute, then Liam Kranz and F. Saglam introduced in the 73rd and 74th minutes, before Andrin Netzer and Andreas Malin arrived together in the 88th minute. Azerbaijan also changed in the 62nd minute, with Rufat Abdullazada replacing Oruc Məmmədov, and made two more late switches through K. Aliyev and Tellur Mutallimov. The visitors protected their lead without adding to it, while Liechtenstein finished with no shots on target.

The numbers pointed to a one-sided game in Azerbaijan's favour. They had 65% of the possession, made 624 passes to Liechtenstein's 335, and had 29 shots to five, with 11 on target to none. Azerbaijan also led 9-1 for corners and posted 1.79 expected goals against Liechtenstein's 0.36, while the home side had 10 saves to Azerbaijan's none.

Emanuel Zünd was booked in the 43rd minute and Marcel Büchel in the 47th for Liechtenstein. Azerbaijan's Emil Balayev was booked three minutes into stoppage time.