The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Shakhter Karagandy are in the 5th position while the guesting Taraz worry at 9th.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
These teams have little in common geographically as Taraz have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Shakhter Karagandy form and stats
Only two Premier League home games for Shakhter Karagandy so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Karagandy manager K. Gorovenko and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Okzhetpes (placed 10th) in the Premier League. Before that match, a win away at Kyzyl-Zhar.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Karagandy handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and zero defeats.
Shakhter Karagandy has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Taraz form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Taraz with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts. Two points from the last two away games for Taraz, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Taraz has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Astana for a Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1). A loss against Okzhetpes was the result prior to that, in a home game.
We have checked recent matches where Taraz have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were four victories, two draws and one defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Taraz manager V. Nikitenko as the team has another away game coming up in only one day, this time against Kaspiy.
Taraz find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Taraz have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Karagandy victories, two draws and four Taraz wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Turysbek 2 goals |   G. Baah 1 goals |  A. Buyvolov 1 goals |
Shakhter Karagandy missing players
Taraz missing players
| Shakhter Karagandy | Taraz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 3.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.3 | 5.7 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 30 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
- All of Taraz's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Shakhter Karagandy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Taraz have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Taraz have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kaisar | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Kairat | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 18 |
| 3 | Astana | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Tobol | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Shakhter Karagandy | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Ordabasy | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 8 | Zhetysu | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Taraz | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Okzhetpes | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 4 |
| 11 | Kaspiy | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -9 | 3 |
| 12 | Irtysh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |