A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Kaspiy and Astana know what's at stake in this second leg of the Kazakhstan Cup Quarter-finals clash.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This stadium has grass, which is not Astana's normal surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on grass Astana have performed like this: Played 31 matches taking 15 wins, 3 draws and 13 defeats with the goal stats 48-43 (scored/conceded).
Astana have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Kaspiy form and stats
Kaspiy participated in Kazakhstan Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Kaspiy have played 11 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). 4W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Kazakhstan Cup for Kaspiy.
The Kaspiy supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Atyrau in Premier League and win 2-1.
Prior to that, an away loss at Tobol in the Premier League.The Kaspiy fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Kaspiy have conceded only 10 goals.
Astana form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Astana's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Astana collect 24 points from their 11 away matches in the Premier League. 7 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Total Kazakhstan Cup statistics for Astana: 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Astana go into this game after a win, the home game against Aktobe that ended 2-1.
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Akzhayik with the score of 1-0.The Astana manager A. Tikhonov has got the team scoring on the road, with 23 away goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Astana in these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the sides faced each other earlier this campaign; Astana - Kaspiy 3-3. Previous five meetings featuring these teams: Kaspiy won one, Astana triumphed in two and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Tomasov 12 goals |  A. Aymbetov 6 goals |   R. Mingazow 5 goals |
Kaspiy missing players
Astana missing players
| Kaspiy | Astana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 21 | 48 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 12 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.6 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 47% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Astana | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | Tobol | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 26 | 45 |
| 3 | Kairat | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 26 | 37 |
| 4 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | Akzhayik | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 29 |
| 7 | Kaspiy | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | Atyrau | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 9 | Taraz | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Aktobe | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Arys | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -18 | 20 |
| 12 | Shakhter Karagandy | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Kaisar | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 15 |
| 14 | Zhetysu | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 12 |