It's only the second fixture in the Top Liga for these sides. and it's all to play for here at Ahmatbek Suyumbayev atyndagy Stadion as Alay welcome Kaganat. Get smart with this preview!
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.
Alay form and stats
Last season, Alay's league statistics were 13 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, results that produced 4th spot in the Top Liga. In these 28 matches they scored 45 goals and let in 38. Performing as the host team in the previous season Alay produced 6-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 20 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Top Liga game of the season here at Ahmatbek Suyumbayev atyndagy Stadion. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from Alay's 14 home games.
The Alay crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Nur-Batken here at Ahmatbek Suyumbayev atyndagy Stadion.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kaganat that ended 3-3.Early season league goal statistics from Alay's 1 home game: 1 goal, 3 conceded.
Kaganat form and stats
Let's have a look at how Kaganat performed last season in the Top Liga: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 7 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 18/22 goals scored/conceded.
Kaganat might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Neftchi Kochkor-Ata proved too strong as Kaganat slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Alay that ended 3-3.Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Alay victories, two draws and one Kaganat win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Alay missing players
Kaganat missing players
| Alay | Kaganat | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alay | Last season | Kaganat | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 68% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 75% | ||
| 57% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 54% | ||
| 39% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 29% | ||
| 25% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 18% | ||
| 54% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 21% | ||
| 25% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 29% | ||
| 5.8 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 41% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 28% | ||
| 7 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Abdish-Ata | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Nur-Batken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Alga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Dordoi Bishkek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FTs Bishkek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Talant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Alay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Kaganat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Kara-Balta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dordoi Bishkek | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 30 | 62 |
| 2 | Abdish-Ata | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 20 | 35 | 59 |
| 3 | Alga | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 55 |
| 4 | Alay | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 46 |
| 5 | Kaganat | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 37 |
| 6 | Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -7 | 31 |
| 7 | FTs Bishkek | 28 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -30 | 17 |
| 8 | Kara-Balta | 28 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 39 | -50 | 8 |