The league table is allowed to rest as Shakhter Karagandy and Tobol battle for Kazakhstan Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
Both teams have had adequate rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an active game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Tobol have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 18-5-5 (win-draw-loss) from 28 matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Tobol have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Shakhter Karagandy form and stats
Shakhter Karagandy participated in Kazakhstan Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Overall Premier League results at home this season for Shakhter Karagandy are 5-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). 5W-1D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Kazakhstan Cup for Shakhter Karagandy. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Shakhter Karagandy after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Shakhter Karagandy's last game was hosting Atyrau and winning 3-1.
Before that, Karagandy had a Kazakhstan Cup home game versus Taraz which ended with a victory 3-1.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Shakhter Karagandy here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 13 games). It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Shakhter Karagandy have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Tobol form and stats
Tobol was sent out of Kazakhstan Cup in the semi-finals last season, when Kaisar turned out to be too strong.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 5 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League. Total Kazakhstan Cup statistics for Tobol: 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Things are running smoothly for Tobol who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 18 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Kaspiy.
Two travels in a row for Tobol, whose manager A. Moskalenko could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Akzhayik.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Shakhter Karagandy.The travelling fans enjoy Tobol's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 13 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Karagandy-Tobol H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shakhter Karagandy three wins, Tobol seven wins, zero draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Nurgaliev 7 goals |   A. Tattybaev 5 goals |  S. Maliy 4 goals |
Shakhter Karagandy missing players
Tobol missing players
| Shakhter Karagandy | Tobol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 41 | 29 | Scored | S | 20 | 47 | ||
| 32 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7.8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 9 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 48% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 54% | ||
| 8.3 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 36 | 61 |
| 2 | Astana | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 28 | 57 |
| 3 | Kairat | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 31 | 51 |
| 4 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Kaspiy | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Akzhayik | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 32 |
| 8 | Aktobe | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -9 | 30 |
| 10 | Taraz | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -7 | 29 |
| 11 | Atyrau | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -15 | 28 |
| 12 | Arys | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 18 | -18 | 26 |
| 13 | Kaisar | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -20 | 19 |
| 14 | Zhetysu | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -24 | 16 |