There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Tobol leading Taraz by 15 points.
- Tobol has the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier League
- Taraz has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Taraz have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-1-5 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.
Taraz have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Taraz are struggling to avoid relegation.
Tobol form and stats
21 points is a decent return from 9 Premier League games here for Tobol. The data says 7 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Tobol are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alexandr Mokin not having conceded a league goal in 383 minutes.
Tobol enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Okzhetpes's place. The match ended 2-0 with J. Manzorro and S. Abilgazy scoring. In the game before, an away victory match versus Kyzyl-Zhar with a 1-0 scoreline.
Tobol are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Shakhter Karagandy awaits in three days.
Tobol have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 15 goals in 9 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Taraz form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Taraz failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Kaspiy (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Zhetysu.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kairat in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Taraz as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Taraz as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Taraz - Tobol 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Tobol won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Taraz has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  A. Nurgaliev 4 goals |  J. Manzorro 4 goals |   T. Brito Silva Sá 3 goals |
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| Tobol | Taraz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 15 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 67% | 89% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 11% | 28% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 112 | 61 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 40 | 92 |
| 50 | 29 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 14 | 37 |
| 46% | 52% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 57% | 49% |
- Taraz has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premier League
- Taraz has the most matches under the total-line (13) in Premier League
- Tobol has the fewest conceded goals (15) 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 fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Tobol has the most clean sheets (12) in Premier League
- Tobol has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premier League
- Tobol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tobol haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Kairat | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 45 |
| 2 | Tobol | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Astana | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Ordabasy | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 5 | Shakhter Karagandy | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Zhetysu | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Kaisar | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Taraz | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 20 |
| 9 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 10 | Kaspiy | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -12 | 17 |
| 11 | Okzhetpes | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 11 |