Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Taraz & Maqtaaral face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kazakhstan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active fixture!
Taraz form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Shakhter Karagandy.Taraz are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Ortalıq Stadion. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.
Taraz's previous match was a Kazakhstan Cup game also played at their home, finishing 6-1 vs Tobol. The home team are looking to build on that result.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Atyrau that finished 0-0.The Taraz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Taraz have conceded only 3 goals.
Maqtaaral form and stats
Last season their Kazakhstan Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Maqtaaral so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
The followers enjoyed Maqtaaral's previous match versus Aktobe, a Kazakhstan Cup win (3-2) played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Astana's place.The attacking power of Maqtaaral when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. The Maqtaaral manager Ferapontov has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: five - one - zero (Taraz wins - draws - Maqtaaral wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Zhumabek 5 goals |  B. Sebaihi 3 goals | M. Amirkhanov 2 goals |
Taraz missing players
Maqtaaral missing players
| Taraz | Maqtaaral | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 18 | 30 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9.4 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 44% | ||
| 9.3 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Maqtaaral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Aktobe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Tobol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 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 |
