International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Astana and Budućnost are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the 2nd Qualifying Round.
Budućnost play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Budućnost when playing on artifical turf are 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one match. They have scored 3 goals and conceded 1 time in these games.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 5300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Astana form and stats
Astana was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.Astana have collected 8 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-2-0.
The spoils were shared in Astana's previous game, also at home. Visiting Taraz travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Tobol in the Premier League.
Astana can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 8 times. Astana have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Budućnost form and stats
Budućnost's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 2nd qualifying round.It's not happening yet for Budućnost on their First League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Budućnost have lost on their last two travels.
There might be some fixture complaints from Budućnost as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the First League match against Mladost Ljeskopolje (0-4). Before that, Budućnost secured a home win against Sutjeska with the score 1-0.
Budućnost lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
It's early days yet, but Budućnost has scored 0 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Sigurjónsson 3 goals | T. Barseghyan 2 goals |  P. Soteriou 2 goals |
Astana missing players
Budućnost missing players
| Astana | Budućnost | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 21 | 43 | ||
| 43 | 16 | Conceded | C | 16 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 269 | 150 | Total Shots | T S | 136 | 303 | ||
| 117 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 59 | 125 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 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 | Kaisar | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Kairat | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 18 |
| 3 | Astana | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Tobol | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Shakhter Karagandy | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Ordabasy | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 8 | Zhetysu | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Taraz | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Okzhetpes | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 4 |
| 11 | Kaspiy | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -9 | 3 |
| 12 | Irtysh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 | Mladost Ljeskopolje | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Decic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Jezero | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Iskra | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Rudar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Budućnost | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 7 | Petrovac | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| 8 | Sutjeska | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Zeta | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Mladost | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |