Football betting preview: Astana vs Kairat

Astana and Kairat 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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Kairat have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 6-2-1 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

For Kairat most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Astana form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Astana Arena as Astana, who have the most scored goals (41) in Premier League, have scored 23 goals to get 24 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 8-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). Astana has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Astana Arena. We remember; it was Kairat.

Astana drew their last game, 1-1 away at Ordabasy. Ahead of that match, Astana lost 1-2 at home to Partizan.

A case of two points dropped for Astana in the Ordabasy match as a lead 1-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

This is expected to be a close game, with Astana perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Astana as a small favourite), we find two games. Astana has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Astana as they are travelling to their away game against AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League. That match is four days after this one.

Goals decide football matches and Astana are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 11 league matches. On the other hand, Astana have conceded 11 goals.

Kairat form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 3 losses in the Premier League. Kairat are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing. Kairat have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

Kairat won their last game, 6-0 versus Aktobe played at home. Before that, Kairat secured a home win against Ordabasy with the score 4-1.

As mentioned above, Kairat was the only team on the pitch versus Aktobe in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kairat playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were 2 Kairat wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Kairat are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. 13 goals have been conceded by Kairat in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Astana - Kairat 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Astana 3 wins, 2 draws and Kairat 5 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Muzhikov 1 goals

S. Astanov 1 goals

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