Only a few games have been played in the Premier League so far, with Astana placed 3rd and Taraz sitting in the 8th position.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Taraz's home stadium. The visitors last seven games on artifical turf have ended in 2 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses.
These teams have little in common geographically as Taraz have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Astana form and stats
Seven points from three Premier League home games is a great start for Astana, who are hoping to build on that form here at Astana Arena.
No payout for Astana in their previous match, an away game at Tobol that ended in defeat 0-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Okzhetpes in a game that was won 2-0.
The Astana manager M. Bílek has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. Astana have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Taraz form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Taraz with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Taraz failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Okzhetpes (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 2-3. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Kyzyl-Zhar.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Taraz we find two games. Results are zero Taraz wins, zero draws and two defeats.
It's early days yet, but Taraz has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Astana, zero draws and two wins for Taraz. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Sigurjónsson 3 goals |  P. Soteriou 2 goals |  B. Turysbek 2 goals |
Astana missing players
Taraz missing players
| Astana | Taraz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 7.6 | 10.7 | 16 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 48 | 35 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 19 | 13 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 53% | 54% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 58% |
- All of Astana's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Taraz's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Astana have not yet lost a game at home.
- Astana have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Astana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Taraz have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Taraz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Taraz have yet to win a game away.
| Astana | Last season | Taraz | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 18 | ||
| 67 | 41 | Scored | S | 12 | 28 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 37 | 60 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 79% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 73% | ||
| 58% | 76% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 45% | ||
| 33% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 30% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 18% | ||
| 45% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 39% | ||
| 39% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 21% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 59% | 48% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 362 | 213 | Total Shots | T S | 111 | 352 | ||
| 146 | 88 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 118 | ||
| 45% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 20% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Kairat | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| 3 | Astana | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Tobol | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Shakhter Karagandy | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Zhetysu | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Taraz | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 10 | Okzhetpes | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 4 |
| 11 | Kaspiy | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 3 |
| 12 | Irtysh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |