National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Arys or Kairat that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Kairat played their last game only three days ago, a Champions League match. That game was also an away game, at Crvena Zvezda. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Arys form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Arys have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here. This match is a Kazakhstan Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses in this competition. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Kyzyl-Zhar game.
A good away victory last time out for Arys, who won 1-0 against Kairat.
Ahead of that match, Arys lost 0-2 at home to Zhetysu.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Arys here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). Arys have conceded 19 from these games.
Kairat form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W3-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Kazakhstan Cup stats, they have 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
Kairat play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-5 to Crvena Zvezda. Kairat lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
A 0-1 loss hosting Arys before that.The visiting Kairat have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. It's not easy to score on Kairat as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Kairat - Arys 0-1. Arys-Kairat H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Arys one win, Kairat two wins, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Shushenachev 9 goals | J. Kanté Martínez 8 goals |  V. Silva de Souza 7 goals |
Arys missing players
Kairat missing players
| Arys | Kairat | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Scored | S | 15 | 47 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kaspiy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Zhetysu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Kairat | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Arys | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 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 | 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 |