National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kairat or Kaspiy that keep their silverware dream alive.
Kairat have less rest than Kaspiy in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only three days ago. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Kaspiy have had more rest.
Kaspiy have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Kairat form and stats
Last season, Kairat's Kazakhstan Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here as Kairat have scored 30 goals to get 24 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 7-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Kairat tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
A nice win for Kairat last time playing, versus Maccabi Haifa. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Aibol Abiken and Vagner Love scoring for the victors.
Before that match, a Kazakhstan Cup win away at Zhetysu.Kairat are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew two and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kairat, as the Champions League home game vs Crvena Zvezda is only four days away.
Kairat are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 30 goals in 10 matches. Kairat have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kaspiy form and stats
They also participated in Kazakhstan Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Kaspiy have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-1-6 (9 played). Kaspiy seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Kaspiy aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 197 league minutes without a goal. R. Mingazov was the last player to find the net.
R. Karimov, B. Kabylan and R. Mingazow (2) scored in Kaspiy's previous match, the home game against Arys that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Kaspiy was the only team on the pitch versus Arys in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
A 0-1 defeat away at Taraz before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Kaspiy played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected zero times.
Kaspiy find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Kaspiy have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: five - two - zero (Kairat wins - draws - Kaspiy wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Shushenachev 9 goals | J. Kanté Martínez 8 goals |  V. Silva de Souza 7 goals |
Kairat missing players
Kaspiy missing players
| Kairat | Kaspiy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 51 | 34 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.1 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Kairat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Zhetysu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Arys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 |