Kairat and Qarabağ get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa Conference League Group Stage fixture.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Kairat form and stats
Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Kairat so far, with 33 points won from 13 matches; 10 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. 2W-1D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Kairat. 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.
Kairat manager K. Berdyev and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Zhetysu in the Premier League.
In the game before, an away victory in the Kazakhstan Cup match versus Kaisar with a 2-0 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with Kairat perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kairat as a small favourite), we find two games. Kairat has won two of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Kairat after this match as they are travelling to Astana for a Kazakhstan Cup game in only three days.
Goals are plentiful at Ortalıq Stadion in the league this season as Kairat has scored 35 goals here in 13 home games. From these home matches, Kairat have conceded only 10 goals.
Qarabağ form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Qarabağ playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Qarabağ go into this game after a win, the home game against Neftci that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Qarabağ was the only team on the pitch versus Neftci in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
A 1-3 defeat away at Sebail before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Qarabağ playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Qarabağ win, zero draws and three defeats.
Qarabağ have another match that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Premier League fixture against Sumqayt. A hard diary for the visiting team!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Qarabağ have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Qarabağ in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head encounter ended Qarabağ - Kairat 2-1, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  A. Shushenachev 12 goals | J. Kanté Martínez 9 goals |  V. Silva de Souza 7 goals |
Kairat missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Kairat | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Scored | S | 21 | 41 | ||
| 31 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 16 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.5 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Basel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Kairat | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 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 | Qarabağ | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Neftci | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Qabala | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Zira | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Sumqayt | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Sebail | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 9 |
| 7 | Sabah | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 8 | Kesl FK | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 7 |