National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Atyrau or Tobol that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Tobol have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 16-5-8 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.
It's quite the trip for Tobol when visiting Atyrau as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
Atyrau form and stats
Atyrau participated in Kazakhstan Cup the last season, where they reached the final.4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Atyrau so far this season. 0W-2D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Kazakhstan Cup for Atyrau.
Atyrau shared the glory with Maqtaaral in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. P. Grzelczak was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Maqtaaral after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
A Kazakhstan Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Taraz.Atyrau has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Atyrau have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Tobol form and stats
Tobol was sent out of Kazakhstan Cup in the semi-finals last season, when Kaisar turned out to be too strong.The visitors are W4-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Total Kazakhstan Cup statistics for Tobol: 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. In general it has been a productive period now for Tobol as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
Tobol go into this game after a win, the home game against Taraz that ended 2-1.
Prior to that match, the Tobol manager A. Moskalenko faced defeat when travelling to Maqtaaral and losing 0-4.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Tobol are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Tobol have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Tobol - Atyrau 2-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Atyrau won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Tobol has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  N. Nikolić 8 goals |  A. Nurgaliev 6 goals |   B. Silva Garcia 4 goals |
Atyrau missing players
Tobol missing players
| Atyrau | Tobol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Scored | S | 21 | 50 | ||
| 39 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 8.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 55% | ||
| 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 |