Struggling Taraz will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Astana in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Taraz have less rest than Astana in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Okzhetpes, so at least Taraz are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Astana have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-6-15 (win-draw-loss) from 33 matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Astana have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Astana are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Taraz form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Taraz are certainly not brimming with confidence. Taraz have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 245 minutes without scoring a league goal. S. Nyuiadzi was the last player to find the net.
Taraz drew their last game, 0-0 away at Okzhetpes (placed 10th). Prior to that, an away loss at Kyzyl-Zhar.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Taraz, as the Premier League home game vs Kairat is only three days away.
The Taraz fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Astana form and stats
Astana's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Astana collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Premier League. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Astana might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Kairat proved too strong as Astana slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Astana Arena. Preceding that game was the away victory against Okzhetpes with the score of 5-1.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Kyzyl-Zhar.
The travelling fans enjoy Astana's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. Astana's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Astana - Taraz 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Taraz one win, one draw and Astana eight victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Sigurjónsson 6 goals | T. Barseghyan 4 goals | A. Shchetkin 4 goals |
Taraz missing players
Astana missing players
| Taraz | Astana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 11 | 25 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 79% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 80% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 47% |
| 21% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 14% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 13% |
| 57% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 47% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | 35 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 55 | 132 |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 25 | 52 |
| 46% | 38% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 44% | 48% |
- Astana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Astana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Taraz has the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
- Taraz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Kairat | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 29 | 41 |
| 2 | Astana | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Ordabasy | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 4 | Tobol | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Kaisar | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Zhetysu | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 7 | Shakhter Karagandy | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 9 | Taraz | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Okzhetpes | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -15 | 11 |
| 11 | Kaspiy | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 10 |