Shakhter Karagandy will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Tobol.
- Shakhter Karagandy has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Tobol has the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier League
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 Karagandy and Tobol.
It should be mentioned that Tobol play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Tobol on grass are 16 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 27 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 30-17. You can compare this with overall results below.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Karagandy can neither be promoted or relegated from Premier League.
Shakhter Karagandy form and stats
Shakhter Karagandy have collected 14 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-2-3.
Happy days for Karagandy in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Kaspiy (placed 10th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Karagandy lost 1-2 at home to Zhetysu.
As mentioned above, Karagandy "killed" Kaspiy in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Karagandy has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Karagandy are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Tobol form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier League, are W4-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Shakhter Karagandy. Having won their last three away games Tobol has no reason to fear anyone.
The Tobol goalkeeper Alexandr Mokin is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 473 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Tobol won their last game, 2-0 versus Taraz played at home. Prior to that result Tobol won their away game at Okzhetpes. The scoreline was 2-0.
Tobol have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Shakhter Karagandy and Tobol have met before this season: Tobol - Shakhter Karagandy 3-1. Karagandy-Tobol H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shakhter Karagandy three wins, Tobol five wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Nurgaliev 5 goals |   A. Khubulov 4 goals |  A. Tattybaev 4 goals |
Shakhter Karagandy missing players
Tobol missing players
| Shakhter Karagandy | Tobol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 26 |
| 22 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 89% |
| 74% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 44% | 68% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 37% |
| 32% | 11% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 63% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 16% |
| 21% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 68% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.2 | 7.4 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 40% | 31% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | 48% |
- Shakhter Karagandy has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Tobol has the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier League
- Tobol has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premier League
- Tobol has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Tobol has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Tobol has the most clean sheets (13) in Premier League
- Tobol has the most clean sheets (6) away in Premier League
- Tobol is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kairat | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 45 |
| 2 | Tobol | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 |
| 3 | Astana | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Shakhter Karagandy | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 6 | Zhetysu | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 7 | Kaisar | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 9 | Taraz | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Kaspiy | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -16 | 17 |
| 11 | Okzhetpes | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 11 |