Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shakhter Karagandy & Kyzyl-Zhar face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kazakhstan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Kazakhstan Cup. That game was an away game at Ordabasy, so at least Karagandy are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
9-12-12 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Kyzyl-Zhar when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 33 matches are 29-35 (scored/conceded).
Shakhter Karagandy form and stats
Karagandy participated in Kazakhstan Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Shakhter Karagandy's struggle is real here with only 7 points collected from 9 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-6. Two home wins in a row for Karagandy bring valid hopes of a third.
Karagandy are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Ordabasy.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 3-4 away at Astana.Shakhter Karagandy has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 4 goals from 9 games. Karagandy's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kyzyl-Zhar form and stats
Kyzyl-Zhar's mission in Kazakhstan Cup last season failed in the group stage.3-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kyzyl-Zhar in their Premier League matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Kyzyl-Zhar, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
There were no winners in Kyzyl-Zhar's previous match, a Kazakhstan Cup home game that ended 1-1 vs Sdyushor.
Before that, Kyzyl-Zhar travelled to Zhetysu and returned home with a draw after the Premier League game finished 0-0.The attacking power of Kyzyl-Zhar when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Kyzyl-Zhar as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Shakhter Karagandy victories, two draws and four Kyzyl-Zhar wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kassym 5 goals | D. Zorić 4 goals | D. Almeida Alves 3 goals |
Shakhter Karagandy missing players
Kyzyl-Zhar missing players
| Shakhter Karagandy | Kyzyl-Zhar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6.9 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 37% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| 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 |