This looks to be an interesting match as Kyzyl-Zhar have their expected home advantage, while Astana have an edge of 14 points in the Premier League standings.
- Kyzyl-Zhar have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier League
- Astana have the most clean sheets (10) in Premier League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Dinamo Zagreb. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Kyzyl-Zhar form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Karasay as Kyzyl-Zhar have scored 6 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Kyzyl-Zhar faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ordabasy (1-2). The defeat against Ordabasy was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Tungyshbaev).
Ahead of that match, Kyzyl-Zhar won a home game hosting Kairat (2-1).From these home matches, Kyzyl-Zhar have conceded only 3 goals.
Astana form and stats
The away performances of Astana have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. In general it has been a productive period now for Astana as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
Two away matches in a row for Astana, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League. Ebong got a match rating of 6.9 in that game, top player of the team. Ebong dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 22 successful passes (of 24 total).
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Atyrau in the Premier League.A quick return to home after this game, as Astana are hosting Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League only four days away.
Astana find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. The Astana defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({2 goals} in 8 games).
Head 2 Head
Astana - Kyzyl-Zhar 3-2 was the outcome when these contenders previously played each other, also in this season. Kyzyl-Zhar-Astana H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kyzyl-Zhar one win, Astana nine wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Aymbetov 6 goals |   M. Chikanchi 4 goals |  J. Rodrigues da Silva dos Santos 4 goals |
Kyzyl-Zhar missing players
Astana missing players
| Kyzyl-Zhar | Astana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 75% | 82% |
| 47% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 38% | 59% |
| 33% | 17% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 25% | 41% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 25% | 35% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 75% | 59% |
| 27% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 24% |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| 2.6 | 1.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 8.2 | 10.9 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 36% | 33% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 25% | 25% |
| 5.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.8 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
- Astana have not yet lost a game away.
- Astana have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Astana have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Premier League
- Astana have the most clean sheets (10) in Premier League
- Astana have the most clean sheets (6) away in Premier League
- Astana have the most points (20) away in Premier League
- Astana have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Kyzyl-Zhar have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premier League
- Kyzyl-Zhar have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier League
- Kyzyl-Zhar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ordabasy | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 42 |
| 2 | Astana | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 39 |
| 3 | Aktobe | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Kairat | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Tobol | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Atyrau | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Zhetysu | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 20 |
| 9 | Kaisar | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Maqtaaral | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Okzhetpes | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Kaspiy | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 10 |
| 14 | Aksu | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -16 | 8 |
