The friendliest of neighbours despite Turkey's land border with the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan being only 15km long, the two nations will meet in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying Group A with bottom seeds Azerbaijan determined to spring an upset.

Match background
• Azerbaijan's record in seven games against Turkey reads W0 D2 L5 (W0 D2 L3 at home).

• The sides last met in Kayseri, Turkey, on 2 June 2009, when Turkey clinched a 2-0 friendly victory. Their most recent meeting in Baku produced a 1-1 draw in another friendly on 12 April 2006.

• The only competitive fixtures between the two teams came in qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. On 11 October 2000 – ten years and a day before their upcoming meeting – Hakan Şükür hit the only goal as Turkey prevailed in Baku. Tayfun Korkut then scored either side of an Oktay Derelioğlu strike to give Turkey a 3-0 win in the return fixture.