Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Taraz & Atyrau face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kazakhstan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Taraz and Atyrau should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Atyrau, who are travelling more than 2100 kilometers to play this game.
Taraz form and stats
Taraz participated in Kazakhstan Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Taraz are 4-2-3 (wins-draw-losses). 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Kazakhstan Cup for Taraz.
Taraz enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Atyrau's place. The match ended 2-1 with B. Baytana and D. Karaman scoring.
In the game before, an away victory in the Kazakhstan Cup match versus Maqtaaral with a 2-1 scoreline.The Taraz fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Taraz are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Atyrau form and stats
Atyrau was sent out of Kazakhstan Cup in the final last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. When we have look at the Kazakhstan Cup statistics, we find 0W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Kazakhstan Cup home defeat versus Taraz with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
It was a Kazakhstan Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Tobol wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Atyrau as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Atyrau have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Taraz and Atyrau have met before this season: Atyrau - Taraz 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Taraz four wins, two draws and Atyrau four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Pina Eugénio 7 goals |  B. Baytana 4 goals |  B. Silva Garcia 4 goals |
Taraz missing players
Atyrau missing players
| Taraz | Atyrau | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 13 | 27 | ||
| 32 | 12 | Conceded | C | 25 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.1 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| 29% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 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 |