This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first First Division game of the season. Both Maqtaaral and Ekibastuz are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.
It's quite the trip for Ekibastuz when visiting Maqtaaral as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Maqtaaral form and stats
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Maqtaaral's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won one match, drawn zero and lost zero.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Maqtaaral, as the First Division home game vs Aktobe is only three days away.
Last season, Maqtaaral's league statistics were 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the First Division. Over these nine matches they scored 9 goals and conceded 17. Playing at home last season Maqtaaral managed 2-0-3 (win-draw-lost) with 4 goals and 7 conceded.
Ekibastuz form and stats
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Ekibastuz when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The First Division trip to Kyran.
Let's have a look at how Ekibastuz performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 1 victory, 1 draw and 7 defeats. In total they scored 6 and conceded 13 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 0 and lost 4 with 5/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Maqtaaral-Ekibastuz H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Maqtaaral six wins, Ekibastuz two wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Maqtaaral missing players
Ekibastuz missing players
| Maqtaaral | Ekibastuz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Maqtaaral | Last season | Ekibastuz | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | ||
| 34 | 12 | Conceded | C | 24 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 73% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 62% | ||
| 58% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 46% | ||
| 27% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 23% | ||
| 15% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 15% | ||
| 27% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 38% | ||
| 42% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 31% | ||
| 38% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 42% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 135 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 62 | 150 | ||
| 66 | 25 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 61 | ||
| 56% | 84% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Akademiya Ontustik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Aktobe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Akzhayik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Altay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Arys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Astana II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Atyrau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Baykonur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Bulat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ekibastuz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Kyran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Maqtaaral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sdyushor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Sport Academy Kairat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Zhetysu II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Altay | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 26 |
| 2 | Akademiya Ontustik | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | Kaspiy | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Sport Academy Kairat | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Akzhayik | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Kyran | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Baykonur | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Astana II | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Zhetysu II | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Maqtaaral | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 10 |
| 12 | Bulat | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 8 |
| 13 | Ekibastuz | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 14 | Aktobe Jas | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 2 |