Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Maqtaaral & Taraz face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kazakhstan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Maqtaaral form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the group stage.3W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Kazakhstan Cup for Maqtaaral.
Maqtaaral drew their last game, 2-2 away at Atyrau. A disappointing finish for Maqtaaral in their match versus Atyrau as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Akademiya Ontustik and winning 2-1.Taraz form and stats
They also participated in Kazakhstan Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.There's been little loot from Taraz's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Premier League. Taraz only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Taraz seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The manager V. Minasyan was unhappy after their last game, a Kazakhstan Cup match played at their home ground Ortalıq Stadion . Taraz suffered a 1-3 loss to Tobol.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Kaspiy in the Premier League.The attacking power of Taraz when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Taraz struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Maqtaaral zero wins, zero draws and Taraz three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() P. Pina Eugénio 7 goals | ![]() B. Baytana 4 goals | ![]() N. Adamović 3 goals |
Maqtaaral missing players
Taraz missing players
| Maqtaaral | Taraz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 10 | 26 | ||
| 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 5.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 53% | 65% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Akademiya Ontustik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Aksu Stepnogorsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Baykonur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bulat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ekibastuz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Igilik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Kyran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Kyzyl-Zhar II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Maqtaaral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Okzhetpes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sport Academy Kairat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Taraz Karatau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |