National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kyzyl-Zhar or Shakhter Karagandy that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Kazakhstan Cup.
This football pitch has artifical turf, which is not Shakhter Karagandy's regular surface at their own ground. When appearing on artifical turf Shakhter Karagandy have performed like this: Played 13 matches yielding 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 19-21 (scored/conceded).
Kyzyl-Zhar form and stats
Last season, Kyzyl-Zhar's Kazakhstan Cup journey ended in the group stage.4-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Kyzyl-Zhar so far this season. 3W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Kazakhstan Cup for Kyzyl-Zhar.
It's back home for Kyzyl-Zhar, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sdyushor away with the result 3-2. T. Muldinov, A. Kassym and M. Skorykh found the net in that victory.
In the game before, an away victory in the Kazakhstan Cup match versus Ordabasy with a 1-0 scoreline.A decent goal production from Kyzyl-Zhar in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Kyzyl-Zhar's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shakhter Karagandy form and stats
Karagandy was sent out of Kazakhstan Cup in the 8th finals last season.Playing away, Shakhter Karagandy have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premier League this season. Total Kazakhstan Cup statistics for Shakhter Karagandy: 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Karagandy go into this game after a win, the home game against Ordabasy that ended 3-2.
Preceding that game was the away Kazakhstan Cup victory against Sdyushor with the score of 4-0.Karagandy find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Karagandy struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met previously this season: Shakhter Karagandy - Kyzyl-Zhar 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Kyzyl-Zhar four wins, two draws and Shakhter Karagandy three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kassym 5 goals | D. Zorić 4 goals |
Kyzyl-Zhar missing players
Shakhter Karagandy missing players
| Kyzyl-Zhar | Shakhter Karagandy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 7.5 | ||
| 3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 61% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Shakhter Karagandy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Ordabasy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Sdyushor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 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 |