About Match
On paper the standings are lopsided — Astana 3rd with 45 points, Zhetysu 13th with 22, 23 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Zhetysu 1.04 scored and 1.71 conceded per game, Astana 1.78 and 1.04, with the league averaging 1.24. If Zhetysu win, their total rises to 25 and up to 11th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Astana have not lost in 9 games, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The five-game form split reads 4/15 points for Zhetysu against 13/15 for Astana.
GioScore's database holds 34 meetings between the two: 6 for Zhetysu, 24 for Astana and 4 drawn, at 2.18 goals per meeting. The last five meetings averaged 3.4 goals, well above the all-time 2.18.
Ortalıq Stadion Jetisu in Taldykorgan, capacity 4,000, hosts the game.