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Akzhayik

Founded:	1968
Stadium:	UTB Talgar
Coach:	Sergiy Zaytsev
Premier League Form:
Overall Form:

Akzhayik home ground venue is UTB Talgar.

Sergiy Zaytsev is the current coach for Akzhayik.

Akzhayik Premier League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Akzhayik have played a total of 32 matches in Kazakhstan Premier League. Their current statistics is 7 win, 10 draw and 15 lose.

Akzhayik did not lose their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Akzhayik results for their home or away matches in Premier League 2013.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Akzhayik	32	7	10	15

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
02/11/2013	Akzhayik	3 - 0	Atyrau	1-0	H2H	O	+
Nikolay Zabrodin 9'		1 - 0
			18' S. Kutsov
			46' Giorgi Peikrishvili
			46' A. Marov
			52' R. Abdulin
			52' A. Shakin
Erkin Tapalov 60'		2 - 0
			65' Aybar Nurybekov
			65' Beybit Tatishev
Pavel Cerny 72'
Nedo Turković 72'
Nikolay Zabrodin 79'
Ruslan Khairov 79'
Nedo Turković 83'		3 - 0
Erkin Tapalov 90'
Rinat Kasymgereev 90'
27/10/2013	Tobol	2 - 0	Akzhayik	0-0	H2H	O	+
Daniyar Mukanov 26'
			31' Pavel Cerny
Daniyar Mukanov 55'
Nurtas Kurgulin 55'
Nurbol Zhumaskaliev 55'		1 - 0
			62' Izim Sarsekenov
			62' Erkin Tapalov
Igor Bugaev 66'
Mensur Kurtishi 66'
			67' Eldar Abdrakhmanov
			69' Eldar Abdrakhmanov
			71' Sergey Shevtsov
			71' Aleksei Maltsev
Bauyrzhan Baytana 74'
A. Suley 74'
			77' Nedo Turković
			77' Ruslan Khairov
Nurbol Zhumaskaliev 90+2'		2 - 0
19/10/2013	Akzhayik	0 - 0	Zhetysu	0-0	H2H	O	+
			16' Arūnas Klimavičius
Konstantin Zotov 47'
			52' D. Ergashev
Nedo Turković 60'
Izim Sarsekenov 64'
Erkin Tapalov 64'
			68' Vladimir Yakovlev
			68' Murat Tleshev
			75' Zakhar Korobov
Bauyrzhan Omarov 75'
			75' Abylaykhan Totay
Nedo Turković 77'
Ruslan Khairov 77'
Sergey Shevtsov 90'
Nikolay Zabrodin 90'
05/10/2013	Akzhayik	2 - 1	Taraz	2-0	H2H	O	+
Konstantin Zotov 18'		1 - 0
			18' Andrey Shabaev
Nedo Turković 34'		2 - 0
			39' Dmitriy Evstigneev
Izim Sarsekenov 45+1'
			46' Andrey Shabaev
			46' E. Odita
			56' Eduard Sergienko
			56' Konstantin Zarechniy
			76' Abdoulaye Diakhate
			76' Miroslav Lečić
		2 - 1	81' Konstantin Zarechniy
Izim Sarsekenov 85'
Vladimir Pokatilov 85'
			90' Miroslav Lečić
Nedo Turković 90+3'
Nikolay Zabrodin 90+3'
29/09/2013	Vostok	2 - 0	Akzhayik	1-0	H2H	O	+
Martin Komárek 3'
			15' Miram Sapanov
I. Fomichev 31'
			35' Mikhail Lyubimkin
V. Erbes 36'		1 - 0
			44' Eldar Abdrakhmanov
			44' Nedo Turković
			47' Mikhail Lyubimkin
E. Sohna 57'
Papa Niang 57'
			63' Ruslan Khairov
			63' Aleksei Maltsev
A. Dzhanuzakov 67'
Temirlan Erlanov 67'
V. Sobolev 72'
Timur Dosmagambetov 72'
Sergey Kostyuk 80'		2 - 0
			82' Nedo Turković
			82' Nikolay Zabrodin
21/09/2013	Akzhayik	1 - 3	Tobol	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	7' Mensur Kurtishi
		0 - 2	20' Igor Bugaev
Aleksei Maltsev 53'
Nikolay Zabrodin 53'
Ruslan Khairov 58'
Haman Sadjo 58'
			62' Daniyar Mukanov
			62' Nurtas Kurgulin
Evgeniy Kostrub 64'
			66' Mensur Kurtishi
			66' Nurbol Zhumaskaliev
		0 - 3	74' Igor Bugaev
			77' Bauyrzhan Baytana
			77' A. Suley
Miram Sapanov 77'
Nedo Turković 77'
Pavel Cerny 78'		1 - 3
			85' Igor Bugaev
14/09/2013	Zhetysu	0 - 3	Akzhayik	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	24' Pavel Cerny
		0 - 2	29' Sergey Shevtsov
Ivan Peric 33'
Murat Tleshev 33'
			41' Eldar Abdrakhmanov
			41' Aleksei Maltsev
M. Čović 45+2'
S. Salomov 46'
Vladimir Yakovlev 46'
Dmitriy Mamonov 52'
Sayat Sariyev 52'
			69' Erkin Tapalov
M. Đalović 70'
Vladimir Yakovlev 71'
			75' Ruslan Khairov
			75' Haman Sadjo
		0 - 3	79' Pavel Cerny
			80' Haman Sadjo
Zakhar Korobov 88'
Sayat Sariyev 90+2'
30/08/2013	Taraz	3 - 0	Akzhayik	1-0	H2H	O	+
Ersin Mehmedovic 28'
Ersin Mehmedovic 40'		1 - 0
			46' Konstantin Zotov
			46' Sergey Shevtsov
			47' Evgeniy Kostrub
Abdoulaye Diakhate 53'		2 - 0
			53' Erkin Tapalov
			54' Nedo Turković
			54' Nikolay Zabrodin
Dmitriy Evstigneev 73'		3 - 0
			73' Mikhail Lyubimkin
Ersin Mehmedovic 75'
E. Odita 75'
T. Essomba 81'
Miroslav Lečić 81'
			83' Haman Sadjo
			83' Aleksei Maltsev
Eduard Sergienko 84'
Konstantin Zarechniy 84'
24/08/2013	Akzhayik	2 - 2	Vostok	1-1	H2H	O	+
Pavel Cerny 25'		1 - 0
Sergey Shevtsov 44'
		1 - 1	45+1' V. Erbes
			46' R. Urazbakhtin
			46' Murat Suyumagambetov
		1 - 2	58' Sergey Kostyuk
Haman Sadjo 65'		2 - 2
Ruslan Khairov 66'
Eldar Abdrakhmanov 66'
			68' Sergey Kostyuk
Bauyrzhan Omarov 68'
Nedo Turković 72'
Miram Sapanov 72'
			75' Murat Suyumagambetov
			75' I. Fomichev
			82' Timur Dosmagambetov
			82' P. Udalov
Konstantin Zotov 87'
Vladimir Pokatilov 87'
18/08/2013	Atyrau	2 - 2	Akzhayik	1-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	25' Pavel Cerny
			28' Evgeniy Kostrub
S. Kutsov 32'
		0 - 2	33' Evgeniy Kostrub
Nenad Injac 36'
Aybar Nurybekov 40'
Robert Alviž 45+1'		1 - 2
R. Abdulin 57'
			61' Haman Sadjo
			74' Nedo Turković
			74' Eldar Abdrakhmanov
A. Shchetkin 75'		2 - 2
			79' Konstantin Zotov
			79' Sergey Shevtsov
			87' Haman Sadjo
			87' Aleksei Maltsev
03/08/2013	Shakhter Karagandy	4 - 0	Akzhayik	1-0	H2H	O	+
Roman Murtazaev 43'		1 - 0
Bakyt Abuov 43'
A. Simčević 43'
Mikhail Gabyshev 55'		2 - 0
Andrei Finonchenko 57'
Igor Zenkovich 57'
Sergey Maliy 67'
Aldin Džidić 67'
			68' Sergey Shevtsov
			68' Miram Sapanov
			70' Eldar Abdrakhmanov
			70' Aleksei Maltsev
			78' Nedo Turković
			78' Nikolay Zabrodin
Igor Zenkovich 87'		3 - 0
Roman Murtazaev 88'		4 - 0
27/07/2013	Atyrau	1 - 0	Akzhayik	1-0	H2H	O	+
Robert Alviž 22'
			27' A. Buček
			27' Bauyrzhan Omarov
Robert Alviž 28'		1 - 0
A. Marov 54'
Aybar Nurybekov 54'
			60' Konstantin Zotov
			60' Sergey Shevtsov
			65' Aleksei Maltsev
			65' Nedo Turković
Maksim Samchenko 68'
Jovan Golic 74'
E. Ovshinov 74'
			76' Haman Sadjo
			83' Eldar Abdrakhmanov
			83' Nikolay Zabrodin
Taras Danilyuk 86'
Beybit Tatishev 86'
Robert Alviž 87'
20/07/2013	Akzhayik	0 - 0	Vostok	0-0	H2H	O	+
Sergey Shevtsov 46'
Eldar Abdrakhmanov 46'
			59' R. Sánchez
			66' P. Udalov
			66' Murat Suyumagambetov
			69' Roman Nesterenko
Haman Sadjo 73'
Nikolay Zabrodin 73'
14/07/2013	Astana	3 - 1	Akzhayik	1-1	H2H	O	+
			18' Vladimir Pokatilov
Tanat Nuserbaev 22'		1 - 0
M. Shakhmetov 28'
		1 - 1	36' Aleksei Maltsev
Valeriy Korobkin 37'
			43' Vladimir Pokatilov
			43' Ivan Antipov
			45+1' Roman Bagautdinov
Valeriy Korobkin 59'
D. Kojašević 59'
D. Kojašević 60'		2 - 1
Foxi Kethevoama 71'
Bauyrzhan Islamkhan 71'
Zelão 75'
Bauyrzhan Islamkhan 77'		3 - 1
			81' Aleksei Maltsev
			81' Miram Sapanov
			81' Ivan Antipov
			81' Ruslan Valiullin
Tanat Nuserbaev 84'
Cicero 84'
06/07/2013	Akzhayik	1 - 2	Ordabasy	0-0	H2H	O	+
			45' Yevgeniy Levin
			58' Mohamed Arouri
			62' Piraly Aliyev
			63' Kairat Ashirbekov
			63' Andrezinho
			77' Azat Nurgaliev
			77' Danilo Belic
Konstantin Zotov 78'
		0 - 1	80' Danilo Belic
Aleksei Maltsev 81'
Sergey Shevtsov 81'
			85' E. Junuzović
			85' Babjide Collins
Bauyrzhan Omarov 87'
Jakub Chleboun 90'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	90+1' Yevgeniy Levin
29/06/2013	Zhetysu	5 - 1	Akzhayik	1-0	H2H	O	+
Zakhar Korobov 16'
			38' Ivan Antipov
Yevgeni Averchenko 40'
S. Muzhikov 40'
			40' Ivan Antipov
			40' Vladimir Pokatilov
D. Dautov 42'		1 - 0
Vladimir Yakovlev 52'		2 - 0
S. Salomov 55'		3 - 0
			56' Sergey Shevtsov
			56' Haman Sadjo
			57' Ruslan Khairov
			57' Konstantin Zotov
Vladimir Yakovlev 63'
Murat Tleshev 63'
Murat Tleshev 71'		4 - 0
Ruslan Esatov 72'
S. Muzhikov 74'
Zakhar Korobov 79'
Ruslan Melzitdinov 79'
		4 - 1	84' Evgeniy Kostrub
Abylaykhan Totay 85'		5 - 1
23/06/2013	Akzhayik	0 - 0	Kairat	0-0	H2H	O	+
Sergey Shevtsov 41'
Sergey Shevtsov 62'
Haman Sadjo 62'
Ivan Antipov 64'
Vladimir Pokatilov 64'
			66' V. Nekhtii
			66' R. Sakhalbaev
Eldar Abdrakhmanov 70'
Konstantin Zotov 70'
			75' Oleg Nedashkovskiy
			75' I. Kalinin
Bauyrzhan Omarov 80'
			85' Momoudou Ceesay
Evgeniy Kostrub 85'
			85' Vitaliy Li
			85' Rauan Sariyev
14/06/2013	Irtysh	3 - 1	Akzhayik	2-0	H2H	O	+
Igor Yurin 9'		1 - 0
Sergey Ivanov 38'
			39' Nikolay Zabrodin
Kuanysh Begalyn 43'		2 - 0
S. Kucera 49'
Aliaksandr Kulchiy 62'
Almir Mukhutdinov 62'
			63' Sergey Shevtsov
			63' Ruslan Khairov
Kuanysh Begalyn 71'
A. Dauletkhanov 71'
Dmitri Shomko 71'		3 - 0
Pavel Shabalin 74'
Sergey Strukov 74'
Almir Mukhutdinov 75'
			76' Aleksei Maltsev
			76' Eldar Abdrakhmanov
			81' Pavel Cerny
			81' Haman Sadjo
		3 - 1	86' Haman Sadjo
30/05/2013	Akzhayik	1 - 1	Tobol	1-0	H2H	O	+
Igor Zenkovich 31'		1 - 0
			32' Anotoli Bogdanov
			33' Mensur Kurtishi
			33' Yussuf Saleh
Konstantin Zotov 53'
		1 - 1	58' Vitali Volkov
Sergey Shevtsov 64'
Evgeniy Kostrub 64'
			66' E. Kuantayev
			71' Beybut Abishev
			71' Nurbol Zhumaskaliev
			71' Nurtas Kurgulin
Aleksei Maltsev 77'
Haman Sadjo 77'
			88' A. Bekbaev
			90+1' Igor Bugaev
			90+1' A. Malyshev
26/05/2013	Aktobe	2 - 0	Akzhayik	1-0	H2H	O	+
Serghei Covalciuc 14'		1 - 0
			57' Haman Sadjo
			57' Nikolay Zabrodin
Emil Kenzhisariev 70'
S. Gridin 70'
Aleksei Muldarov 80'
S. Gridin 82'		2 - 0
			84' Pavel Cerny
			84' Evgeniy Kostrub
			86' Aleksei Maltsev
			86' Eldar Abdrakhmanov
Aleksandr Geynrikh 86'
Askhat Tagybergen 86'
D. Miroshnichenko 88'
Evgeniy Dyadenko 88'
22/05/2013	Akzhayik	1 - 0	Taraz	0-0	H2H	O	+
			43' Dmitriy Evstigneev
Ilja Vorotnikov 43'
			46' E. Akhmetov
			61' Daniyar Bayaliev
			61' Sherkhan Bauyrzhan
Haman Sadjo 73'
Nikolay Zabrodin 73'
			83' E. Akhmetov
			83' Konstantin Zarechniy
			83' Miroslav Lečić
Igor Zenkovich 88'		1 - 0
Aleksei Maltsev 90+1'
Eldar Abdrakhmanov 90+1'
Aleksei Maltsev 90+1'
Pavel Cerny 90+1'
Evgeniy Kostrub 90+1'
18/05/2013	Akzhayik	4 - 0	Atyrau	1-0	H2H	O	+
Jakub Chleboun 16'		1 - 0
			37' Aslan Darabaev
Pavel Cerny 54'		2 - 0
Igor Zenkovich 62'
Igor Zenkovich 62'		3 - 0
			64' Roman Pakholyuk
			64' Mickaël Antoine-Curier
			68' Beybit Tatishev
			68' A. Marov
Haman Sadjo 69'
Nikolay Zabrodin 69'
Pavel Cerny 75'
Evgeniy Kostrub 75'
			76' Giorgi Peikrishvili
			76' Aleksey Rodionov
Nikolay Zabrodin 81'
Nikolay Zabrodin 81'		4 - 0
Mikhail Lyubimkin 81'
Eldar Abdrakhmanov 81'
11/05/2013	Vostok	1 - 0	Akzhayik	0-0	H2H	O	+
			33' Ruslan Khairov
			33' Nikolay Zabrodin
			55' Aleksei Maltsev
Anton Moltussinov 60'
P. Udalov 60'
Ali Aliyev 79'
R. Urazbakhtin 79'
Sergey Kostyuk 86'
Timur Dosmagambetov 86'
			90' Jakub Chleboun
P. Udalov 90+2'		1 - 0
05/05/2013	Akzhayik	2 - 2	Astana	1-0	H2H	O	+
Ruslan Khairov 25'
Pavel Cerny 31'		1 - 0
			46' I. Ţîgîrlaş
			46' Tanat Nuserbaev
		1 - 1	49' Ulan Konysbaev
Igor Zenkovich 55'		2 - 1
			58' Zelão
			58' D. Kojašević
Evgeniy Kostrub 64'
Nikolay Zabrodin 69'
Haman Sadjo 69'
			74' Islambek Kuat
			74' Foxi Kethevoama
			83' M. Shakhmetov
		2 - 2	85' D. Kojašević
Aleksei Maltsev 87'
Eldar Abdrakhmanov 87'
Pavel Cerny 90+2'
Vladimir Pokatilov 90+2'
28/04/2013	Ordabasy	4 - 2	Akzhayik	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	3' Igor Zenkovich
			29' Bauyrzhan Omarov
Kairat Ashirbekov 35'		1 - 1
M. Gueye 46'
Gleb Maltsev 46'
Bagdaulet Kozhabayev 51'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	55' Aleksei Maltsev
Kairat Ashirbekov 63'
Artem Kasyanov 63'
			68' Konstantin Zotov
			68' Mikhail Lyubimkin
			80' Nikolay Zabrodin
			80' Pavel Cerny
Artem Kasyanov 80'		3 - 2
Azat Nurgaliev 82'
Babjide Collins 82'
			86' Bauyrzhan Omarov
Artem Kasyanov 88'		4 - 2
Artem Kasyanov 89'
24/04/2013	Akzhayik	2 - 0	Zhetysu	1-0	H2H	O	+
			25' Arūnas Klimavičius
Evgeniy Kostrub 39'		1 - 0
			41' Zakhar Korobov
			46' Dmitriy Mamonov
			46' D. Dautov
			63' Abylaykhan Totay
Haman Sadjo 68'
Haman Sadjo 71'		2 - 0
			72' Abylaykhan Totay
			72' Sayat Sariyev
Haman Sadjo 84'
Eldar Abdrakhmanov 84'
			86' D. Ergashev
			88' Yevgeni Averchenko
			88' Ivan Peric
Evgeniy Kostrub 90+1'
Mikhail Lyubimkin 90+1'
Konstantin Zotov 90+3'
Ivan Antipov 90+3'
20/04/2013	Kairat	2 - 1	Akzhayik	1-0	H2H	O	+
Daniel Addo 9'
			22' Pavel Cerny
Oleg Nedashkovskiy 31'		1 - 0
			52' Bauyrzhan Omarov
		1 - 1	63' Igor Zenkovich
			67' Pavel Cerny
			67' Sergey Shevtsov
I. Kalinin 73'
Sergey Keyler 73'
Kazbek Geteriev 80'
R. Sakhalbaev 80'
Oleg Nedashkovskiy 85'
Timur Baizhanov 85'
			90' Haman Sadjo
			90' Ivan Antipov
Sergey Keyler 90+4'		2 - 1
14/04/2013	Akzhayik	1 - 2	Irtysh	0-1	H2H	O	+
Bauyrzhan Omarov 32'
		0 - 1	35' Predrag Govedarica
Ilja Vorotnikov 43'
Vladimir Pokatilov 43'
			45' Ulugbek Bakaev
		0 - 2	66' Dmitri Shomko
Evgeniy Kostrub 68'
Sergey Shevtsov 68'
			70' Aliaksandr Kulchiy
Haman Sadjo 72'
Aleksei Maltsev 72'
			76' Predrag Govedarica
			77' Vyacheslav Kotlyar
			77' Leonid Kovel
			77' Pavel Shabalin
			78' Igor Yurin
			78' Nemanja Dzodzo
Igor Zenkovich 80'		1 - 2
			90' Alibek Ayaganov
			90' A. Dauletkhanov
06/04/2013	Tobol	1 - 1	Akzhayik	0-0	H2H	O	+
Nenad Šljivić 10'
Aleksandr Kuchma 10'
			30' Ruslan Khairov
Nikola Tonev 50'
Anotoli Bogdanov 50'
Ognjen Krasić 66'
Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev 66'
			74' Stas Pokatilov
			79' Pavel Cerny
			79' Ivan Antipov
			83' Nikolay Zabrodin
			83' Aleksei Maltsev
Igor Bugaev 86'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	90+3' Jakub Chleboun
30/03/2013	Akzhayik	1 - 1	Aktobe	1-1	H2H	O	+
Haman Sadjo 34'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	36' Peter Badlo
			64' Anton Zemlianukhin
			64' Murat Khairullin
Ruslan Khairov 67'
			68' S. Gridin
			68' Sergey Lisenkov
Nikolay Zabrodin 76'
Aleksei Maltsev 76'
			80' Evgeniy Dyadenko
			80' D. Sydykbek
Haman Sadjo 84'
Ivan Antipov 84'
Pavel Cerny 85'
15/03/2013	Taraz	1 - 1	Akzhayik	1-1	H2H	O	+
Nikolay Nesterenko 11'
			12' Haman Sadjo
			20' Nikolay Zabrodin
		0 - 1	35' Nikolay Zabrodin
Madiyar Muminov 45'
Miroslav Lečić 45+2'		1 - 1
Madiyar Muminov 46'
Konstantin Golovskoy 46'
			47' Stas Pokatilov
			73' Konstantin Zotov
			80' Nikolay Zabrodin
			80' Aleksei Maltsev
E. Odita 85'
Konstantin Zarechniy 85'
			90' Haman Sadjo
			90' Sergey Shevtsov
09/03/2013	Akzhayik	3 - 0	Shakhter Karagandy	2-0	H2H	O	+
Evgeniy Kostrub 11'
Igor Zenkovich 20'		1 - 0
Igor Zenkovich 35'		2 - 0
			41' Andrey Poryvaev
Haman Sadjo 51'
			78' A. Simčević
			80' Andrey Poryvaev
			80' Sergey Khizhnichenko
			80' Róger Cañas
			80' Gediminas Vičius
Jakub Chleboun 81'
Nikolay Zabrodin 83'
Aleksei Maltsev 83'
Bauyrzhan Omarov 83'		3 - 0
Haman Sadjo 87'
Sergey Shevtsov 87'

Chart Analysis

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Statistics & Analysis of Akzhayik

I. Zenkovich is the leading top goal scorer for Akzhayik with 9 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	2
Longest losing streak	3
Longest run without loss	4
Longest run without win	13
Clean sheets	9
Matches over 2.25 goals	18
Matches under 2.25 goals	14
Matches First Half Over 0.5	24
Matches First Half Under 0.5	8
Matches odd	11
Matches even	21
Average goals scored	1.16
Average goals allowed	1.56
Failure to score	10
Biggest victory	4 - 0
Biggest defeat	5 - 1
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	3
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	3 (19%)
Goalless draw at away match	0 (0%)
Comeback win	0
Top Goal Scorer	I. Zenkovich
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H2H Home Team Advantage

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Fortaleza vs Vasco da Gama

H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

San Carlos vs Deportivo Saprissa

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.