Namig Alasgarov, the top scorer of the first half of the season in the Azerbaijani Premier League, scored eight goals.
Professional Football League's official website reports that "Neftchi's midfielder who has scored the highest goals of the championship before the winter break was a local player.
From the 2016/2017 season in the current format of the competition, only one player scored more goals before the break. This is Bagali Dabo, who scored 9 goals for Gabala 3 years ago. Alaskarov, who is second only to the Frenchman, achieved the highest result among local players. He surpassed the result of Mahir Emreli, who finished the first half with 7 and 6 goals in two seasons.
2016/2017: Bagali Dabo, Filip Ozobic (both Gabala) - 7 goals
2017/2018: Bagali Dabo (“Gabala”) - 9 goals, Mahir Emreli (“Karabakh”), Richard Gadze (“Zira”) - 6 goals
2018/2019: Bagali Dabo ("Neftchi"), Mahir Emreli ("Karabakh") - 7 goals
2019/2020: Lorenzo Frutos ("Keshla"), Peyman Babayi ("Sumgayit") - 6 goals
Stephen Monroe ("Neftchi"), Mehdi Sharifi ("Sumgayit") - 5 goals
2020/2021: Namig Alasgarov ("Neftchi") - 8 goals, Filip Ozobich ("Karabakh"), Mahir Emreli ("Karabakh") - 7 goals, Ali Gurbani ("Sumgayit") - 6 goals.