It's the second chance for points this season as Astana and Ordabasy battle it out at Astana Arena.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Ordabasy's home stadium. The visitors last eight games on artifical turf have ended in 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Astana form and stats
Astana have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 13 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats from 17 matches.
Astana's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Kyzyl-Zhar (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Astana lost 1-2 at home to Häcken.
As mentioned above, Astana "killed" Kyzyl-Zhar in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Astana as they are travelling to their away game against Kaspiy in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Astana at home in the league. 4 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Last season, Astana's league statistics were 22 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Premier League. Over these 33 matches they scored 67 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Astana managed 13-0-4 (win-draw-lost) with 41 goals and 15 conceded.
Ordabasy form and stats
Ordabasy have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 258 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Ordabasy won their last game, 1-0 versus Okzhetpes played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Taraz.
The schedule is very tough for Ordabasy now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Taraz is waiting in only four days.
Let's have a look at how Ordabasy performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 8 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 22/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Astana wins - draws - Ordabasy wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 R. Sigurjónsson 1 goals |  M. Tomasov 1 goals |
Astana missing players
Ordabasy missing players
| Astana | Ordabasy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Astana | Last season | Ordabasy | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 17 | Played | P | 16 | 33 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 67 | 41 | Scored | S | 22 | 52 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 79% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 67% | ||
| 58% | 76% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 45% | ||
| 33% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 18% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 45% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 39% | ||
| 39% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 52% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 21% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 362 | 213 | Total Shots | T S | 126 | 299 | ||
| 146 | 88 | Shots on Target | S O | 59 | 137 | ||
| 45% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Tobol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Zhetysu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Kairat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Kaisar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Ordabasy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Taraz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Irtysh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Okzhetpes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Kaspiy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 67 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 39 | 69 |
| 2 | Kairat | 33 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 65 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 33 | 68 |
| 3 | Ordabasy | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 28 | 65 |
| 4 | Tobol | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 63 |
| 5 | Zhetysu | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 56 |
| 6 | Kaisar | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 25 | -6 | 42 |
| 7 | Okzhetpes | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 29 | -5 | 40 |
| 8 | Irtysh | 33 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -15 | 37 |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -7 | 35 |
| 10 | Taraz | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 60 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 37 | -32 | 29 |
| 11 | Atyrau | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -33 | 26 |
| 12 | Aktobe | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 35 | 75 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 43 | -40 | 15 |