Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Akzhayik & Aktobe face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kazakhstan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Akzhayik and Aktobe 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 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Akzhayik form and stats
Akzhayik participated in Kazakhstan Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.When playing at home in the Premier League, Akzhayik have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. This match is a Kazakhstan Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition.
The Akzhayik supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Astana in Kazakhstan Cup and win 3-0.
Heartbreak before that as Akzhayik lost 0-1 at Astana's place.Akzhayik has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Akzhayik have conceded only 8 goals.
Aktobe form and stats
Aktobe was sent out of Kazakhstan Cup in the 8th finals last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Kazakhstan Cup stats, they have 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses both home and away.
Aktobe play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Kaisar.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Kaisar.Aktobe are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. In the opposite end, Aktobe have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Aktobe - Akzhayik 0-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Akzhayik, five draws and three wins for Aktobe. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Sergeev 7 goals |  M. Kovtalyuk 6 goals | R. Nurmugamet 3 goals |
Akzhayik missing players
Aktobe missing players
| Akzhayik | Aktobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 30 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 21 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 46% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 25 | 42 |
| 2 | Astana | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Kairat | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 37 |
| 4 | Akzhayik | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Atyrau | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 8 | Kaspiy | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 9 | Taraz | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Aktobe | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Arys | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -18 | 18 |
| 12 | Shakhter Karagandy | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 16 |
| 13 | Kaisar | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -13 | 15 |
| 14 | Zhetysu | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 11 |