Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kaspiy & Kairat face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kazakhstan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Kairat could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Alashkert. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Kaspiy form and stats
Kaspiy participated in Kazakhstan Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Kaspiy have played 10 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Kazakhstan Cup, Kaspiy has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Kaspiy haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 197 minutes ago. R. Mingazov scored that one.
A strong away win for Kaspiy against Arys the last match, as T. Kusyapov were on target.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Zhetysu that finished 0-0.Kaspiy are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. From these home matches, Kaspiy have conceded only 9 goals.
Kairat form and stats
Kairat was sent out of Kazakhstan Cup in the quarter-finals last season.3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Kairat playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Kazakhstan Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses both home and away.
Kairat play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Alashkert (after extra-time).
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Zhetysu in the Kazakhstan Cup.Kairat are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Kairat as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties meet this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kairat - Kaspiy 0-2. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: one - two - five (Kaspiy wins - draws - Kairat wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Shushenachev 9 goals | J. Kanté Martínez 8 goals |  V. Silva de Souza 7 goals |
Kaspiy missing players
Kairat missing players
| Kaspiy | Kairat | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 44 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 19 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7.2 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 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 |