Shakhter Karagandy hope to get a lot of fans in for this fixture despite that the season has been difficult up to now with 18 points and a 10th place in the Premier League table. Guests Atyrau hold 7th place with 23 pts.
- Shakhter Karagandy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Atyrau have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
It's quite the trip for Atyrau when visiting Shakhter Karagandy as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Shakhter Karagandy form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Shakhter Karagandy have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.
Shakhter Karagandy faced defeat in their previous match, away at Aksu (1-2).
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Kaspiy.Karagandy are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Atyrau form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Atyrau so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Atyrau have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 239 minutes ago. Kozlov was the goal scorer.
Atyrau might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Zhetysu proved too strong as Atyrau slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Munayşı.
Before that, Atyrau travelled to Astana and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Atyrau have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Atyrau - Shakhter Karagandy 2-1 was the product when these two squads previously met, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Karagandy three wins, four draws and Atyrau three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Nsungusi 5 goals |   I. Sviridov 4 goals |
Shakhter Karagandy missing players
Atyrau missing players
| Shakhter Karagandy | Atyrau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 76% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 65% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 65% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 41% |
| 18% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 41% |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.8 | 6 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 5.8 | 8.7 |
| 3.9 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 28% | 39% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| 10.3 | 10.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
- Atyrau have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Atyrau have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Shakhter Karagandy 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 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 39 |
| 3 | Aktobe | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Kairat | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 28 |
| 6 | Tobol | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Atyrau | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Zhetysu | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -7 | 23 |
| 9 | Kaisar | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 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 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 11 |
| 14 | Aksu | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 11 |
