After the first game it's Kairat - Okzhetpes 3-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Premier League game of the season?
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kairat and Okzhetpes.
These teams have little in common geographically as Okzhetpes have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Kairat form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Ortalıq Stadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Kairat last season were 12 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from 17 games.
The Kairat supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Taraz in Premier League and win 2-1. Before that, Kairat had a home game versus Atyrau which ended with a victory 2-1.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Kairat home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in two wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
Kairat are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Shakhter Karagandy awaits in four days.
At Ortalıq Stadion, Kairat has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Last season, Kairat's league statistics were 22 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Premier League. Over these 33 matches they scored 65 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Kairat managed 12-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with 38 goals and 11 conceded.
Okzhetpes form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Okzhetpes had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 6, drew 3 and lost 8.
Two away games in a row for Okzhetpes, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Ordabasy in the Premier League. Before that, Okzhetpes travelled to Kaisar and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Okzhetpes played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win two times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected four times.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kaisar in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Okzhetpes has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Okzhetpes performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 7 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 23/29 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Kairat wins - draws - Okzhetpes wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Wrzesiński 1 goals | A. Aymbetov 1 goals |
Kairat missing players
Okzhetpes missing players
| Kairat | Okzhetpes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Kairat | Last season | Okzhetpes | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 65 | 38 | Scored | S | 23 | 44 | ||
| 32 | 11 | Conceded | C | 29 | 49 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 73% | ||
| 58% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 58% | ||
| 30% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 30% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 42% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 55% | ||
| 39% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 24% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 404 | 198 | Total Shots | T S | 93 | 211 | ||
| 171 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 85 | ||
| 35% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 51% | ||
| 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 |