National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kaspiy or Zhetysu 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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Kaspiy form and stats
Kaspiy was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Kazakhstan Cup.Kaspiy have played 10 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).
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.
It's back home for Kaspiy, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kairat away with the result 2-0. A. Zaleskiy and N. Cuckić found the net in that victory.
Previous to that game, a Kazakhstan Cup home match hosting Arys in a game that was won 4-0.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 have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zhetysu form and stats
They also participated in Kazakhstan Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zhetysu so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-7 (win-draw-lose). Zhetysu has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Zhetysu have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 195 minutes ago. A. Dmitrijev was the goal scorer.
Two travels in a row for Zhetysu, whose manager R. Alyuetov could celebrate last time after the Kazakhstan Cup win against Arys.
A 0-1 loss hosting Kairat before that.Zhetysu are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 10 games (in the league). For Zhetysu, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Kaspiy two wins, zero draws and Zhetysu six victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Karaev 6 goals |  R. Mingazow 5 goals | W. Sahli 5 goals |
Kaspiy missing players
Zhetysu missing players
| Kaspiy | Zhetysu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 25 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 21 | 40 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 48% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 44% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 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 |