All the facts on the Astana - Taraz game:

Astana and Taraz 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.

Astana's stadium, Astana Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Taraz have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Taraz when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from ten matches. They have scored 6 goals in these games and conceded 21.

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 are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Taraz are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

Astana form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Astana Arena as Astana have scored 21 goals to get 23 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 7-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Astana bring valid hopes of a third.

Astana drew their last game, 0-0 away at Kaspiy (placed 7th).

Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Aktobe in a game that was won 2-1.

Goals decide football matches and Astana are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 10 league matches. On the other hand, Astana have conceded 11 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Taraz form and stats

Taraz have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-4-5 (11 played).

Taraz aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 213 league minutes without a goal. P. Eugenio was the last player to find the net. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Taraz goalkeeper Mukhamedjan Seysen is eager to challenge this, with his 289 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Taraz played 0-0 against Shakhter Karagandy in their previous match.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Tobol in the Premier League.

The attacking power of Taraz when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Taraz have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have met before this season: Taraz - Astana 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Astana seven wins, one draw and Taraz two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Tomasov 12 goals

A. Aymbetov 6 goals

A. Beysebekov 5 goals

Astana missing players

Taraz missing players