A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Shakhter Karagandy and Taraz know what's at stake in this second leg of the Kazakhstan Cup Quarter-finals clash.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shakhter Karagandy and Taraz.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Shakhter Karagandy form and stats
Karagandy participated in Kazakhstan Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.4-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Shakhter Karagandy so far this season. 4W-1D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Kazakhstan Cup for Shakhter Karagandy.
In their previous game, the manager M. Adiev led his Shakhter Karagandy to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Tobol. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Kaspiy in a game that was won 1-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Atyrau are coming to town in three days.
Karagandy have scored 9 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Karagandy have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Taraz form and stats
Taraz was sent out of Kazakhstan Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Taraz so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose). When we have look at the Kazakhstan Cup statistics, we find 3W-2D-2L. This is both home and away.
Taraz failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Ordabasy that ended with defeat 1-2.
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Zhetysu with the score of 2-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Taraz are hosting Kaisar in the Premier League only three days away.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Taraz's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This duo encountered each other earlier this match year: Taraz - Shakhter Karagandy 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Karagandy victories, three draws and two Taraz wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Baytana 5 goals |  N. Adamović 4 goals |   A. Tattybaev 3 goals |
Shakhter Karagandy missing players
Taraz missing players
| Shakhter Karagandy | Taraz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 10 | 23 | ||
| 31 | 9 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 21% | ||
| 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 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 34 | 58 |
| 2 | Astana | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 28 | 56 |
| 3 | Kairat | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 52 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 31 | 50 |
| 4 | Ordabasy | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 5 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Akzhayik | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 32 |
| 7 | Aktobe | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Kaspiy | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Taraz | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 29 |
| 10 | Atyrau | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | -13 | 28 |
| 11 | Shakhter Karagandy | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 27 |
| 12 | Arys | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 17 | -18 | 25 |
| 13 | Kaisar | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -21 | 16 |
| 14 | Zhetysu | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -24 | 15 |