Zhetysu will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Kairat.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Kairat, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Zhetysu form and stats
3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Zhetysu so far this season. Zhetysu are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Zhetysu's attacking players as they have now played 186 minutes without scoring in a league game. P. Eugenio was their last goal scorer.
The fans are hoping that Zhetysu will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Tobol (placed 3rd). Heartbreak before that as Zhetysu lost 0-3 at Astana's place.
A decent goal production from Zhetysu in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Zhetysu have conceded 6 goals.
Kairat form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (29) in Premier League, on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The supporters enjoyed Kairat's previous game versus Astana (placed 4th), a Premier League 3-0 win played at home. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Shakhter Karagandy.
Kairat have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 5 away matches. Kairat have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Kairat - Zhetysu 3-0 entered in the official records. Zhetysu-Kairat H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zhetysu two wins, Kairat six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Zhetysu missing players
Kairat missing players
| Zhetysu | Kairat | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 83% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 75% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 54% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | 44 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 64 | 137 |
| 22 | 17 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 24 | 57 |
| 59% | 53% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 51% |
- Kairat has the most matches over the total-line (9) in Premier League
- Kairat has the most scored goals (29) in Premier League
- Kairat has the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Premier League
- Kairat has the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Premier League
- Kairat has the the best goal difference (+20) in Premier League
- Kairat has the the best goal difference (+5) away in Premier League
- Kairat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kairat have scored more than double the goals of Zhetysu.
- Kairat haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kairat is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Zhetysu 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 29 |
| 2 | Kaisar | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | Tobol | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Astana | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Shakhter Karagandy | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Zhetysu | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Taraz | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Okzhetpes | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 10 |
| 10 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -11 | 9 |
| 11 | Kaspiy | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 7 |
| 12 | Irtysh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |