National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Akzhayik or Kyzyl-Zhar that keep their silverware dream alive.
Akzhayik's stadium, Stadion im. Petra Atoyana, has a grass surface. Kyzyl-Zhar have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Kyzyl-Zhar when playing on grass; 5 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses from 19 matches. They have scored 20 goals in these games and conceded 21.
Kyzyl-Zhar have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago.
Akzhayik form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Akzhayik have collected 5 points from their Premier League home games so far after 1-2-2.
Stress levels are on the rise for Akzhayik's attacking players as they have now played 218 minutes without scoring in a league game. Shustikov was their last goal scorer.
Akzhayik's previous match was a Kazakhstan Cup game also played at home, finishing 3-1 vs Kaspiy. The home team hope to to build on that result.
Akzhayik have scored 1 goal here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. As for guarding their own goal, Akzhayik have only let in 2 goals at home.
Kyzyl-Zhar form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Tobol.There's been little loot from Kyzyl-Zhar's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Premier League. Kyzyl-Zhar only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Europa Conference League home loss versus Osijek with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
aweayteam Hara magic won.
Kyzyl-Zhar have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a Europa Conference League fixture against Osijek. A gruelling timetable for them!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kyzyl-Zhar as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Kyzyl-Zhar have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Akzhayik-Kyzyl-Zhar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Akzhayik three wins, Kyzyl-Zhar five wins, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Bushman 5 goals | D. Zorić 4 goals |  O. Omirtayev 2 goals |
Akzhayik missing players
Kyzyl-Zhar missing players
| Akzhayik | Kyzyl-Zhar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 10 | 23 | ||
| 32 | 8 | Conceded | C | 16 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 10% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.1 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 24% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| 7.9 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kaisar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Akzhayik | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Kaspiy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aktobe | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 2 | Astana | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 |
| 3 | Ordabasy | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 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 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Aksu | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -9 | 17 |
| 11 | Arys | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 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 |
