Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Taraz & Aktobe face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kazakhstan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Aktobe, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.
This promises to be an interesting match with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Taraz form and stats
Taraz was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Kazakhstan Cup. Shakhter Karagandy was too strong.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Ortalıq Stadion as Taraz have scored 9 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Taraz's previous fixture was a Kazakhstan Cup game also played at their home, finishing 4-2 vs Maqtaaral. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
The Taraz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Taraz are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ortalıq Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 6 matches.
Aktobe form and stats
Aktobe was sent out of Kazakhstan Cup in the group stage last season.4-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Aktobe in their Premier League matches away.
Two away games in a row for Aktobe, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Tobol in the Kazakhstan Cup.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Arys at their stadium, the result 2-0.The visiting Aktobe have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Aktobe have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Taraz four wins, six draws and Aktobe zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Vidémont 7 goals |   A. Zhumabek 5 goals |  G. Bi Goua Gohou 3 goals |
Taraz missing players
Aktobe missing players
| Taraz | Aktobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 35 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.8 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 38% | ||
| 9.1 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 7.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Taraz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Maqtaaral | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 3 | Tobol | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 4 | Aktobe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 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 | Aktobe | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 2 | Astana | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 |
| 3 | Ordabasy | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Tobol | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 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 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -3 | 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 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Aksu | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -9 | 17 |
| 11 | Arys | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 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 |
