It's early days in the First Division and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Baykonur and Ekibastuz should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Baykonur form and stats
Only one draw at home so far for Baykonur. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 16 matches.The home team returns to venue after sharing the points with Kyran on their last time out; the First Division game ended 2-2. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kyzyl-Zhar that ended 2-2.
Early season goal statistics from Baykonur's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.
Ekibastuz form and stats
The visitors' first away game ended a defeat. Last season Ekibastuz had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 6, drew 4 and lost 7. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Ekibastuz are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.The manager V. Linchevskiy was unhappy after their last game, a First Division match played at their home ground. Ekibastuz suffered a 0-1 loss to Akademiya Ontustik. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Altay's place.
Ekibastuz has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.
Head 2 Head
Baykonur-Ekibastuz H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Baykonur 4 wins, Ekibastuz 4 wins, 2 draws.Baykonur missing players
Ekibastuz missing players
| Baykonur | Ekibastuz | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | Played | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | Scored | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | Both teams to score | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 100% | 100% |
| 4 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | 9 | 6 |
| 3.5 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
| Baykonur | Last season | Ekibastuz | ||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | Played | 17 | 33 |
| 36 | 22 | Scored | 23 | 42 |
| 47 | 17 | Conceded | 20 | 35 |
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | 88% | 88% |
| 73% | 56% | Over 1.5 | 65% | 64% |
| 48% | 44% | Over 2.5 | 53% | 48% |
| 21% | 31% | Over 3.5 | 29% | 24% |
| 12% | 19% | Over 4.5 | 12% | 6% |
| 36% | 38% | Both teams to score | 29% | 36% |
| 36% | 56% | Clean Sheet | 47% | 45% |
| 39% | 31% | Failed To Score | 35% | 30% |
| 0.3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| 0.2 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 0.1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 1 |
- Ekibastuz is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Altay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Maqtaaral | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Akademiya Ontustik | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Astana II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Sport Academy Kairat | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Kaspiy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Zhetysu II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Baykonur | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Akzhayik | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Kyran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Ekibastuz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Bulat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 14 | Aktobe Jas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0 |
