National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Akzhayik or Astana that keep their silverware dream alive.
Akzhayik and Astana 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.
14 - 3 - 12 with 47-40. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Astana when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Astana play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
It's quite the trip for Astana when visiting Akzhayik as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Akzhayik form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the group stage.5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Akzhayik so far this season. This match is a Kazakhstan Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition.
The fans are hoping that Akzhayik will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Kazakhstan Cup game against Astana.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kaisar that ended 0-0.Akzhayik are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. Akzhayik have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Astana form and stats
Astana's mission in Kazakhstan Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Astana's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Astana collect 21 points from their 10 away matches in the Premier League. 6 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Kazakhstan Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Akzhayik in their previous game.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Aktobe in the Kazakhstan Cup.The Astana manager A. Tikhonov has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 10 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Astana in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Astana - Akzhayik 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Akzhayik, zero draws and nine wins for Astana. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Tomasov 11 goals |   M. Kovtalyuk 6 goals | A. Aymbetov 6 goals |
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| Akzhayik | Astana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 25 | 51 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 44% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 49% | ||
| 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 |