It's early days in the Premier League and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Irtysh's home stadium. The visitors last three games on grass have ended in 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Shakhter Karagandy form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first game of the season here. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses from Shakhter Karagandy's 16 home games.The home team returns to venue after sharing the points with Atyrau on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Shakhter Karagandy lost 0-1 at home to Tobol.
Early season goal statistics from Shakhter Karagandy's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.
Irtysh form and stats
Things could have gone better for Irtysh in their away games, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.Irtysh won their last game, 2-0 versus Taraz played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Kaisar.
Irtysh has the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips at the early stages of this season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Shakhter Karagandy victory, 4 draws and 5 Irtysh wins.Shakhter Karagandy missing players
Irtysh missing players
| Shakhter Karagandy | Irtysh | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | Played | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | Scored | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | Both teams to score | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 25% |
| 75% | 100% | Failed To Score | 50% | 50% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Astana | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Kairat | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Tobol | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Ordabasy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Zhetysu | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Irtysh | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Kaisar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Atyrau | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 9 | Taraz | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 11 | Okzhetpes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 1 |
| 12 | Aktobe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
