This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Kairat at Ortalıq Stadion when the Europa Conference League tournament arrives in town and Basel with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It's quite the trip for Basel when visiting Kairat as the cities are 5900 kilometers apart.
Kairat form and stats
This stadium, Ortalıq Stadion, has been a fortress for Kairat in the Premier League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 10-3-0. On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, Kairat has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. In general it's been a long time since Kairat tasted defeat here at Ortalıq Stadion, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.
The Kairat goalkeeper Stas Pokatilov is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 197 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
The Kairat supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Astana in Kazakhstan Cup and win 3-0. R. Dugalic was on the receiving end of a red card in the Kairat-Astana match, being sent off in the 58th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 3-0 victory.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Astana and winning 3-0.Kairat are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Ortalıq Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 35 goals in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Kairat have conceded only 10 goals.
Basel form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 3 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Super League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Basel failed to get anything from their last game, a Super League home match vs St. Gallen that ended with defeat 0-1. Basel goalie Heinz Lindner was glad for a top-notch day at work against St. Gallen, but in spite of managing seven saves the loss could not be avoided. Goalkeeper Heinz Lindner got the top player rating of the team with 8.25/10. Lindner stopped the opponent with seven saves.
Ahead of that match was the Europa Conference League away draw versus Omonia Nicosia that ended 1-1.Basel have another game away in just three sleeps, a Super League match against Luzern. A gruelling schedule for the visiting team!
Basel has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. Basel have conceded 6 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Basel - Kairat 4-2 was the result in these squads' latest H2H fixture, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 13 goals |   A. Shushenachev 12 goals | J. Kanté Martínez 9 goals |
Kairat missing players
Basel missing players
| Kairat | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 45 | 20 | Scored | S | 27 | 59 | ||
| 31 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 36% | ||
| 8 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qarabag | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Basel | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Omonia Nicosia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 4 | Kairat | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tobol | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 36 | 61 |
| 2 | Astana | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 28 | 57 |
| 3 | Kairat | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 31 | 51 |
| 4 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Kaspiy | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Akzhayik | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 32 |
| 8 | Aktobe | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -9 | 30 |
| 10 | Taraz | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -7 | 29 |
| 11 | Atyrau | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -15 | 28 |
| 12 | Arys | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 18 | -18 | 26 |
| 13 | Kaisar | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -20 | 19 |
| 14 | Zhetysu | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -24 | 16 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zurich | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | Basel | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 26 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 22 |
| 4 | Lugano | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | Grasshopper | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 15 |
| 7 | Sion | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 15 |
| 8 | Servette | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 9 | Luzern | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 8 |