National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Zhetysu or Astana that keep their silverware dream alive.
This pitch has grass, which is not Astana's usual surface at their own arena. When appearing on grass Astana have performed like this: Played 21 matches yielding 11 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats with the goal numbers 31-27 (scored/conceded).
It's quite the trip for Astana when visiting Zhetysu as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
Astana could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.
Zhetysu form and stats
Zhetysu was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Kazakhstan Cup.All-inclusive First Division results at home this season for Zhetysu are 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Zhetysu, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Igilik away with the result 3-0. Zhetysu decided the match against Igilik in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.
A First Division defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Yassy Turkistan.The match schedule is unforgiving for Zhetysu as they have a new game in only four days, a First Division match thankfully also at home. Kaisar are visiting.
The Zhetysu fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches.
Astana form and stats
They also participated in Kazakhstan Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Kairat drew the shortest straw.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Tomasov and Sagnayev scored in Astana's previous match, the home game against Maqtaaral that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Astana was the only team on the pitch versus Maqtaaral in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Tomasov certainly enjoyed Astana's last game versus Maqtaaral, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-0 victory.
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Aktobe wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.The visiting Astana have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. Astana have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Zhetysu victory, zero draws and nine Astana wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. Tomasov likes to face Zhetysu and have scored 7 goals in these encounters.Top Goalscorers
  M. Tomasov 9 goals |  P. Pina Eugénio 8 goals |  R. Vloet 5 goals |
Zhetysu missing players
Astana missing players
| Zhetysu | Astana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 13 | 46 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 44% | ||
| 8.3 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | 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 | Kaisar | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 2 | Okzhetpes | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 22 |
| 3 | Kyran | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Taraz Karatau | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Yassy Turkistan | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Sport Academy Kairat | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| 7 | Ekibastuz | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Zhetysu | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | Astana II | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Akademiya Ontustik | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Zhenys | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Igilik | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -15 | 10 |
| 13 | Bulat | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -23 | 4 |
| 14 | Baykonur | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 | -30 | 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 | Astana | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 |
| 2 | Aktobe | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 3 | Tobol | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Ordabasy | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 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 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 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 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Aksu | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Arys | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 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 |
