National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tobol or Atyrau that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Atyrau played their last game only four days ago, a Kazakhstan Cup match.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Atyrau's home stadium. The visitors last twelve games on artifical turf have ended in 4 wins, 0 draws and 8 losses.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Atyrau, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.
Tobol form and stats
Tobol was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Kazakhstan Cup. Kaisar was too strong.8-2-0 is the performance here so far in the Premier League, giving Tobol a total of 26 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results! In general it's been a long time since Tobol tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
Tobol are returning here after visiting Taraz in a Kazakhstan Cup game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Z. Tošić (2) and A. Tagybergen scored the goal(s).
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Arys with a 4-2 scoreline.Goals decide football matches and Tobol are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 10 league matches. Defensively Tobol have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atyrau form and stats
They also participated in Kazakhstan Cup last season. This ended in the final.Playing away, Atyrau have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Atyrau delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Maqtaaral in their previous match; a Kazakhstan Cup game. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Maqtaaral. Atyrau were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with P. Grzelczak scoring the equalizer.
A 0-5 defeat away at Kairat before that.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Atyrau manager A. Voskanyan has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Tobol seven wins, zero draws and Atyrau three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Nikolić 8 goals |  A. Nurgaliev 6 goals |   B. Silva Garcia 4 goals |
Tobol missing players
Atyrau missing players
| Tobol | Atyrau | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 51 | 27 | Scored | S | 15 | 28 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 57% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 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 |