UEFA Europa League 2026-2027 - Play-offs Play-offs Thu, Aug 20 · 16:00 Ortalyq stadıon, Almaty
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Away travel5,337 kmRest days9 · 4.1Matches / 14d1 · 4
Real contextStrength only
Kairat Almaty—%
Draw—%
Anderlecht—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Almaty)

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RefereeChris Kavanagh
  • Cards per match 4.0
  • Penalties per match 0.22
  • Matches 167

Team strength

Kairat AlmatyAnderlecht
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
12 Current StrengthIn forecast 43
12 AttackIn forecast 37
15 DefenceIn forecast 52
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Kairat Almaty

Attack—
Defense risk—

Anderlecht

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Kairat AlmatyAnderlecht
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.70
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.50
0.76 xGVia Att/Def 1.40
2.92 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.31
+0.24 Goals minus xGContext +0.30
60% Scored inContext 90%
20% Clean sheetsContext 10%
8.80 ShotsContext 17.00
2.40 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.14
27% On target shareContext 36%
5.75 Shots in the boxContext 10.00
54% Box shareContext 61%
11% ConversionContext 10%
— OffsidesContext 1.50
17.00 Shots allowedContext 11.29
6.80 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.71
3.40 BlocksContext 4.33
4.40 Goalkeeper savesContext 1.86
65% Save rateContext 50%
45% PossessionIn forecast 48%
415 PassesContext 450
322 Accurate passesContext 368
78% Pass accuracyContext 82%
6.46 Team ratingContext 6.78
10.00 FoulsContext 14.50
14.00 Fouls sufferedContext 11.63
1.90 Yellow cardsContext 1.90
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.20
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Kairat Almaty
Rest9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Anderlecht
Rest4.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d4High congestion
Travel5,337 km3,735 km in 14d
Schedule load65%Critical
Form 44 · 3 pts vs 3.7 for an average club · -0.6 vs expected
  • L16 AugA · SK Beveren0–11.6 xPts
  • W9 AugH · RAAL La Louvière2–12.0 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Kairat Almaty Anderlecht
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Critical · 65
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoYes
Rest dayssince last match9UEFA Champions League 2026-2027, 11 Aug4.1Belgian Pro League 2026-2027, 16 Aug
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km5,337 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km3,735 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 32 / 4 / 6
Next matchdays after this one7.17.1

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Kairat Almaty Confirmed XI
4-4-1-1
1T. Anarbekov(G)
3Luís Mata 44L. da Silva 25A. Shirobokov 20E. Tapalov
19O. Jukkola 22Gustavo Mendonça 13J. Oksanen 24A. Mrynskiy
28Marc Gual
9Edmilson
Anderlecht Confirmed XI
4-3-3
26C. Coosemans(G)
6H. Augustinsson 4G. Biancone 27L. Pétrot 79A. Maamar
24E. Llansana 55M. Kana 18L. Ambros
61J. Bethume 14D. Sikan 9M. Cvetković

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Kairat Almaty Absences are shown before kick-off
Anderlecht Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Kairat Almaty · Home No home games yet this season.
Anderlecht · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Chris Kavanagh 167 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.89
Red cards0.13
Cards 5+38%
Fouls21.9
Penalties0.22
Home wins41%
Kairat Almaty1 with this referee
Record0-1-0 Cards · opp.3.0 · 2.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • D21 Oct 25H · Pafos0–03
Anderlecht

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Kairat Almaty
No complete event data.
Anderlecht
No complete event data.
Kairat Almaty10 games · scored 10 · conceded 15
1 4 0-15
1 16-30
1 3 31-45
1 46-60
1 3 61-75
7 3 76-90
Anderlecht10 games · scored 17 · conceded 15
3 3 0-15
3 2 16-30
1 4 31-45
3 3 46-60
2 61-75
5 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.