National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kaspiy or Arys that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Kaspiy form and stats
Last season, Kaspiy's Kazakhstan Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.When playing at home in the Premier League, Kaspiy have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games.
R. Mingazov was the last player to score a league goal for Kaspiy and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Kaspiy haven't scored in 197 minutes.
Kaspiy faced defeat in their previous match, away at Taraz (0-1).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Arys that ended 0-0.The Kaspiy fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. Kaspiy are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Jas kanat in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Arys form and stats
They also participated in Kazakhstan Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The visitors are W3-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. It's three draws from Arys's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Arys might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Tobol proved too strong as Arys slumped to a 2-4 defeat in front of their own fans. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Arys, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Before that, Arys travelled to Kaspiy and returned home with a draw after the Premier League game finished 0-0.The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Arys rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - two - zero (Kaspiy wins - draws - Arys wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Karaev 6 goals |  R. Mingazow 5 goals | W. Sahli 5 goals |
Kaspiy missing players
Arys missing players
| Kaspiy | Arys | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 42% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 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 | 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 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Aktobe | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Taraz | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -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 |