National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Shakhter Karagandy or Arys 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.
Shakhter Karagandy form and stats
Shakhter Karagandy was eliminated in the final last season in the Kazakhstan Cup.3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Shakhter Karagandy so far this season.
The Karagandy crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Aktobe here at Stadion Shakhter. Did Shakhter Karagandy get overconfident in their match against Aktobe? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat.
A 1-1 draw away in the Premier League before that, with Aksu the opponent.The Karagandy manager Masudov has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. Shakhter Karagandy have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Arys form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
There were no winners in Arys's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Tobol. Drawing 2-2 against Tobol after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Kabdulov needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Kaspiy.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Arys have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. In the opposite end, Arys have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding three meetings featuring these two participants are: zero wins for Shakhter Karagandy, one draw and two wins for Arys. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Dosmagambetov 5 goals |  R. Murtazayev 4 goals |  S. Abzalov 3 goals |
Shakhter Karagandy missing players
Arys missing players
| Shakhter Karagandy | Arys | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 40 | 26 | Scored | S | 12 | 23 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 44% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 44% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 44% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 |
| 2 | Aktobe | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 3 | Tobol | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Ordabasy | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Taraz | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Kairat | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Kaspiy | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Atyrau | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Aksu | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Arys | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Akzhayik | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Maqtaaral | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -16 | 10 |
