National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kairat or Shakhter Karagandy that keep their silverware dream alive.
Kairat have less rest than Shakhter Karagandy in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Astana Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Shakhter Karagandy have had more rest.
These teams have little in common geographically as Shakhter Karagandy have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Kairat form and stats
Kairat was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Kazakhstan Cup.This stadium, Astana Arena, has been a fortress for Kairat in the Premier League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 10-3-0. This match is a Kazakhstan Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 7 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses in this competition. The Kairat fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Astana Arena and will expect new points from this game. Kairat has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Stas Pokatilov not having conceded a league goal in 197 minutes.
Kairat's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Basel. The striker João Paulo outdid all teammates in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.25 out of 10. Paulo served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Kairat had a Kazakhstan Cup home game versus Astana which ended with a victory 3-0.Goals are plentiful at Astana Arena in the league this season as Kairat has scored 35 goals here in 13 home games. Kairat have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Shakhter Karagandy form and stats
Karagandy was sent out of Kazakhstan Cup in the 8th finals last season.When we have look at the Kazakhstan Cup statistics, we find 7W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Shakhter Karagandy, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Tobol in the Kazakhstan Cup last time out.
That result followed a home victory 5-2 versus Tobol in the Kazakhstan Cup.Shakhter Karagandy have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Karagandy have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): Kairat won four games, five matches ended with a draw and Shakhter Karagandy managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  A. Shushenachev 12 goals | J. Kanté Martínez 9 goals |  V. Silva de Souza 7 goals |
Kairat missing players
Shakhter Karagandy missing players
| Kairat | Shakhter Karagandy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 46 | ||
| 33 | 8 | Conceded | C | 21 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 37% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 47% | ||
| 8 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 36 | 61 |
| 2 | Astana | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 28 | 57 |
| 3 | Kairat | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 31 | 51 |
| 4 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Kaspiy | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Akzhayik | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 32 |
| 8 | Aktobe | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -9 | 30 |
| 10 | Taraz | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -7 | 29 |
| 11 | Atyrau | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -15 | 28 |
| 12 | Arys | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 18 | -18 | 26 |
| 13 | Kaisar | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -20 | 19 |
| 14 | Zhetysu | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -24 | 16 |