Another action-packed fixture in Premier League as Irtysh welcome Taraz

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Taraz 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 2-0-6 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches. Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Irtysh form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Irtysh, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premier League, have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from their games here.

Happy days for Irtysh in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Atyrau that ended with a 3-0 victory. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Aktobe the opponent.

The lack of attacking qualities in Irtysh means that they have only scored 5 goals in 11 league home games, less than half a goal per match. 16 goals have been conceded.

Taraz form and stats

There's been little loot from Taraz's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 11 away games in the Premier League. Taraz, who have the fewest points (5) away in Premier League, only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. Bitter travels for Taraz as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Kaisar. It's looking increasingly bleak for Taraz who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Ordabasy was the last time a defeat was avoided.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Tobol with 0-5 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Taraz manager V. Masudov faced defeat when travelling to Astana and losing 0-5.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Taraz as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. Taraz have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Taraz - Irtysh 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Irtysh won 3 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Taraz has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 8

Top Goalscorers

R. Cañas 1 goals

Irtysh missing players

Taraz missing players