Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kaisar & Akzhayik face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kazakhstan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's quite the trip for Akzhayik when visiting Kaisar as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Kaisar form and stats
Kaisar's results here at Stadion im. Gany Muratbaeva in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. On the other hand, in the Kazakhstan Cup, Kaisar has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The fans are hoping that Kaisar will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Kazakhstan Cup game against Astana.
Before that, Kaisar had a Kazakhstan Cup home game versus Aktobe which ended with a victory 1-0.The Kaisar fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. Kaisar have conceded 19 from these games.
Akzhayik form and stats
Akzhayik's mission in Kazakhstan Cup last season failed in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats. Total Kazakhstan Cup statistics for Akzhayik: 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
I. Antipov and M. Kovtalyuk scored in Akzhayik's previous match, the home game against Aktobe that ended 2-1. I. Antipov came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Aktobe last time out, making the manager V. Mazyar feel like a tactical genius.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Astana in the Kazakhstan Cup.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Akzhayik have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Akzhayik - Kaisar 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings involving these contenders: Kaisar won one, Akzhayik triumphed in three and we saw six draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  K. Laukžemis 7 goals |  M. Kovtalyuk 6 goals | D. Narzildaev 2 goals |
Kaisar missing players
Akzhayik missing players
| Kaisar | Akzhayik | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.4 | 6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.3 | ||
| 45% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 46% | ||
| 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 |