FC Astana will play against FC Shakhter within the 9^th Round.

The capital team’s players meet very often with the Karaganda team, having played in all three domestic tournaments – the Championship, the Cup and the Super Cup.

All in all, Astana and Shakhter played 38 matches between themselves, in 21 of them the Astana team won, in 14 – Shakhter and 3 matches ended in a draw. The goal difference is 60:38.

Interestingly, in September the teams can play the 4^th match. The previous three meetings were victorious for FC Astana. So on September 15, 2019, the capital players won 2:0 thanks to a goal from Marin Tomasov, the second goal was sent by Shakhter’s defender into his own net.

On September 20, 2014, the match ended with a similar score. The goals were scored by Dmitriy Shomko and Patrick Twumasi. And on September 17, 2010, at that moment Lokomotiv won with a score of 1:0. The only goal was scored by Aleksandr Kirov.

The best scorer of the matches between Astana and Shakhter is Tanat Nusserbayev, who scored 6 goals against the Karaganda team, and five on the account of Junior Kabananga.

Of the current squad, the most productive are Marin Tomasov, Alexey Chshyotkin and Abzal Beisebekov, who each scored two goals against Shakhter.

We remind that the match will take place on September 20 in Almaty. Live broadcast of the match at 15:00 on Qazsport TV channel.