About Match
Tobol go into the game 7th in the table on 31 points; Astana sit 3rd on 45 — a 14-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Tobol 1.21 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Astana 1.78 and 1.04, with the league averaging 1.24. A win here leaves Tobol on 34 points and up to 6th, other results permitting.
Defeat has not touched Astana in 9 games, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
40 meetings are on record — 10 won by Tobol, 20 by Astana, 10 drawn, at 2.3 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 35% of meetings.
Tobol Arena in Kostanay, capacity 8,323, hosts the game.