Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Astana & Kaisar face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kazakhstan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
These teams have little in common geographically as Kaisar have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Astana form and stats
Astana participated in Kazakhstan Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Astana Arena as Astana have scored 19 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). 2W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Kazakhstan Cup for Astana.
Astana are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Akzhayik.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Akzhayik.Astana can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 19 times. 10 goals have been conceded.
Kaisar form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Kaisar, as they won the Kazakhstan Cup.There's been little loot from Kaisar's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Kaisar only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Kazakhstan Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Kaisar are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Kazakhstan Cup against Aktobe.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Aktobe at their stadium, the result 2-1.Kaisar have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Kaisar have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Kaisar - Astana 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Astana won seven games, three matches ended with a draw and Kaisar has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  M. Tomasov 11 goals |   K. Laukžemis 7 goals | A. Aymbetov 6 goals |
Astana missing players
Kaisar missing players
| Astana | Kaisar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 50% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 45% | ||
| 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 |