Ekibastuzets vs Kyzylzhar Petropavlovsk
The Kazakhstan Cup have started and one of the opening matches from Group A will bring together Ekibaztuzests who play as hosts to entertain Kyzylzhar. Indeed both teams played at different levels of competition but from the history of head to head they have often met when they were both playing in division 1.
The last time the two teams met in 2017 was precisely in October and Kyzylzhar who at that time played at home was held to a draw by Ekibastuzets with a score of 2-2. But that doesn’t need to be a serious concern, because in the 2017 season Kyzylzhar was promoted to Kazakshtan Premier League and in terms of head to head the draw was also the first draw after 9 previous meetings Ekibastuzets were always defeated.
Seeing head to head terms like this clearly shows that the strength and quality of the team from Kyzylzhar is far above Ekibastuzets. Meanwhile the appearance of Ekibastuzets in the 1st division last season was mediocre by ending the season in 6th position. Then for the Kazakhstan trophy last season Ekibastuzest, which was in group D, only won 1 win, ranked third.
On the contrary, for their last season Kyzylzhar stalled in the last 16 after losing dramatically through the drama of a penalty against Shakhter Karagandy. Seeing records like this seems reasonable even though it gets its own home advantage but the opportunity is not on the side of the Ekibastuzets, on the contrary it is likely that Kyzylzhar will get the first win of this group phase.
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