Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Aksu & Atyrau face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kazakhstan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Aksu have less rest than Atyrau in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Atyrau have had more rest.
Aksu form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the 3rd preliminary round.4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Aksu have to build on here in the Premier League.
Aksu's last game was hosting Kyzyl-Zhar and winning 1-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ordabasy (0-3).Aksu has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Aksu have conceded only 5 goals.
Atyrau form and stats
Atyrau's mission in Kazakhstan Cup last season failed in the group stage.Playing away, Atyrau have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Atyrau played 0-0 against Taraz in their previous match.
Before that, Atyrau travelled to Maqtaaral and returned home with a draw after the Premier League game finished 1-1.Atyrau find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Filipović 9 goals |  A. Abiken 3 goals | N. Tarasov 3 goals |
Aksu missing players
Atyrau missing players
| Aksu | Atyrau | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Scored | S | 13 | 26 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.9 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 45% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 53% | ||
| 7.5 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Astana | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 |
| 2 | Ordabasy | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Aktobe | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 4 | Tobol | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Taraz | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Kairat | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Kaspiy | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 8 | Atyrau | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Aksu | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Arys | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Akzhayik | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Maqtaaral | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -16 | 10 |
