The Taraz & Astana managers V. Minasyan and A. Tikhonov are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.
- Taraz have not yet lost a game at home.
- Astana have the most scored goals (22) in Premier League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It should be mentioned that Astana 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 Astana on grass are 12 victories, 3 draws and 15 defeats from 30 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 44-45. You can compare this with overall results below.
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.
Taraz form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Taraz have to build on here at Ortalıq Stadion in the Premier League. There’s a good atmosphere here at Ortalıq Stadion after three straight home wins.
Ahead of that match, Taraz won a home game hosting Aktobe (3-1).
Taraz can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 8 times. As for guarding their own goal, Taraz have only let in 1 goal at home.
Astana form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (22) in Premier League, on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Astana have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. It’s been three wins in a row for Astana on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Astana have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Dmytro Nepogodov. It's been 320 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Before that, Astana secured a home win against Akzhayik with the score 1-0.
The Astana manager A. Tikhonov has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 5 league matches. It's not easy to score on Astana as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Taraz wins - draws - Astana wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Taraz missing players
Astana missing players
| Taraz | Astana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 78% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 56% |
| 44% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 14.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.5 | 9 |
| 4.9 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 53% | 65% |
- Astana have not yet lost a game.
- Astana have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Astana have scored in all their matches so far.
- Astana have the most points (11) away in Premier League
- Astana have the most scored goals (22) in Premier League
- Astana have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Premier League
- Astana have the the best goal difference (+15) in Premier League
- Astana have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Premier League
- Astana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Astana is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Taraz have not yet lost a game at home.
- Taraz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Astana | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 23 |
| 2 | Tobol | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 3 | Taraz | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Kairat | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 5 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Ordabasy | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Kaspiy | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Atyrau | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | Akzhayik | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Aktobe | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Shakhter Karagandy | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | Kaisar | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 13 | Arys | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | -14 | 3 |
| 14 | Zhetysu | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 1 |