National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kairat or Zhetysu that keep their silverware dream alive.
Kairat have less rest than Zhetysu in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Zhetysu have had more rest.
Zhetysu have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Kairat form and stats
Kairat was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Kazakhstan Cup.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). On the other hand, in the Kazakhstan Cup, Kairat has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. The Kairat fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Kairat has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
Kairat drew their last game, also a home match. Alashkert was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
A Kazakhstan Cup defeat was the result before that one, 3-4 away at Arys.The manager K. Keker will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Alashkert in only four days.
Kairat are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 30 goals in 10 matches. Kairat are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Zhetysu form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zhetysu so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-7 (win-draw-lose). Total Kazakhstan Cup statistics for Zhetysu: 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. Zhetysu has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Zhetysu are looking to quickly end their 195 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.
There were no winners in Zhetysu's previous match, a Kazakhstan Cup home game that ended 0-0 vs Kaspiy.
It was a Kazakhstan Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Kaspiy wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Zhetysu have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. The Zhetysu manager R. Alyuetov has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Zhetysu - Kairat 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Kairat victories, one draw and two Zhetysu wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Shushenachev 9 goals | J. Kanté Martínez 8 goals |  V. Silva de Souza 7 goals |
Kairat missing players
Zhetysu missing players
| Kairat | Zhetysu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 45 | 30 | Scored | S | 12 | 23 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 52% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.8 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Arys | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 3 | Zhetysu | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Kairat | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 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 |