National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kaisar or Aktobe that keep their silverware dream alive.
Kaisar and Aktobe should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Aktobe have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Kaisar form and stats
Kaisar's struggle is real here with only 8 points collected from 10 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-6. On the other hand, in the Kazakhstan Cup, Kaisar has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses.
A good away victory last time out for Kaisar, who won 2-1 against Aktobe.
A 0-0 draw away in the Kazakhstan Cup before that, with Akzhayik the opponent.Kaisar are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. Kaisar have conceded 19 from these games.
Aktobe form and stats
They also participated in Kazakhstan Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Playing away, Aktobe have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Premier League this season. Total Kazakhstan Cup statistics for Aktobe: 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Kazakhstan Cup home defeat versus Kaisar with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Astana's place.Aktobe are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. As for defending, Aktobe rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Aktobe - Kaisar 1-2. Kaisar-Aktobe H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kaisar five wins, Aktobe four wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Laukžemis 7 goals |  I. Sergeev 7 goals | R. Nurmugamet 3 goals |
Kaisar missing players
Aktobe missing players
| Kaisar | Aktobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Scored | S | 19 | 31 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Conceded | C | 20 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| 46% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 41% | ||
| 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 |