Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this clash with Atyrau, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premier League table.
Kairat and Atyrau 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.
It's quite the trip for Atyrau when visiting Kairat as the cities are 2100 kilometers apart.
Kairat form and stats
Kairat have performed here this season with 11 wins from 16 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 4. Ever since the Okzhetpes game Kairat has been unbeatable here producing four straight wins.
In their previous game, the manager Aleksey Shpilevskiy led his Kairat to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Irtysh. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that, Kairat had a home game versus Tobol which ended with a victory 2-0.
Kairat were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Kairat can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 36 times. Kairat have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atyrau form and stats
There's been little loot from Atyrau's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 16 away games in the Premier League. Atyrau, who have the fewest scored goals (24) in Premier League, only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. Atyrau love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Ordabasy with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Shakhter Karagandy at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Atyrau have conceded 25 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Atyrau - Kairat 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 7 Kairat victories, 1 draw and 2 Atyrau wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Astanov 1 goals |   E. Sergienko 1 goals |
Kairat missing players
Atyrau missing players
| Kairat | Atyrau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 63 | 36 | 13 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 31 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | 56 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 75% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 75% |
| 56% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 31% | 50% |
| 31% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 19% | 25% |
| 22% | 31% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 41% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 31% | 47% |
| 41% | 38% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 25% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 6.5 | 7.4 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
- Atyrau have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Atyrau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Atyrau have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kairat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kairat have scored more than double the goals of Atyrau.
- Kairat have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 67 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 41 | 69 |
| 2 | Kairat | 32 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 63 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 32 | 65 |
| 3 | Ordabasy | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 25 | 62 |
| 4 | Tobol | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 60 |
| 5 | Zhetysu | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 53 |
| 6 | Kaisar | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 25 | -6 | 41 |
| 7 | Okzhetpes | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 28 | -5 | 39 |
| 8 | Shakhter Karagandy | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | -6 | 35 |
| 9 | Irtysh | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 28 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -17 | 34 |
| 10 | Taraz | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 57 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 34 | -29 | 29 |
| 11 | Atyrau | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 56 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -32 | 26 |
| 12 | Aktobe | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 34 | 73 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 41 | -39 | 15 |