Kairat vs Omonia - prediction, team news, lineups

Kairat volition request a beardown show to support their UEFA Champions League hopes live erstwhile they invited Omonia to Central Stadium successful Almaty connected Wednesday for the 2nd limb of their 2nd qualifying-round tie.

The Kazakhstan outfit reached the league signifier of the Champions League past season, but they are successful information of missing retired this word aft suffering a 1-0 decision successful the archetypal leg.

Match preview

After winning the 2025-26 Kazakhstan league title, Kairat made a beardown commencement to their European qualifying campaign, cruising past Sutjeska 4-1 connected aggregate successful the erstwhile round.

Rafael Urazbakhtin's broadside finished 36th successful the Champions League league standings aft failing to triumph immoderate of their 8 matches.

They person made different awesome commencement domestically this season, sitting apical of the Kazakhstan league with 45 points from 20 matches, 2 wide of Ordabasy, who person played 1 crippled fewer.

Home signifier has been a peculiar root of encouragement, with Kairat unbeaten successful their past 9 matches astatine Central Stadium, winning six of them, and they volition anticipation to marque that vantage number connected the European stage.

Kairat person besides won six consecutive league matches and suffered conscionable 1 decision successful their past 10 outings crossed each competitions, though determination remains country for betterment defensively aft failing to support a cleanable expanse successful each of their past 3 games.

Omonia are the reigning Cypriot champions aft cruising to the league rubric past season, finishing 18 points wide of second-placed AEK Larnaca.

The Queen are backmost successful the Champions League aft a lengthy absence, having past featured successful the contention successful 2021 erstwhile they were eliminated by Dinamo Zagreb successful the playoff round.

Last season, Omonia finished 18th successful the Conference League league signifier earlier their European run ended with a 4-1 aggregate decision to Rijeka successful the knockout playoffs.

Omonia instrumentality a slender vantage into the 2nd limb and should beryllium assured of finishing the job, having gone unbeaten successful their past 5 matches, including 4 pre-season friendlies.

Kairat Champions League form:

W W L 

Kairat signifier (all competitions):

W W W W L W 

Omonia Champions League form:

W

Omonia signifier (all competitions): 

W 

Team News

The visitors volition beryllium without Loic Nego, who was sent disconnected successful the archetypal limb and is suspended for this contest.

Omonia are besides missing a fewer important players done injury, including left-back Fotis Kitsos and right-back Moses Odubajo.

Kairat, meanwhile, person mislaid 17-year-old striker Dastan Satpayev to Chelsea this summer, leaving a important void successful their attacking ranks.

Henning Berg could instrumentality with a akin lineup to the 1 that suffered a constrictive 1-0 decision successful the archetypal leg.

Kairat imaginable starting lineup:

Anarbekov; Mata, Africo, Martynovich, Tapalov; Oksanen, Sadybekov; Jukkola, Joginho, Mrynskiy; Gual 

Omonia imaginable starting lineup:

Fabiano; Pepis, Coulibaly, Panagiotou, Balkovec; Maric, Tankovic, Andreou; Costa, Kakoullis, Montnor

We say: Kairat 3-1 Omonia

Omonia clasp a slender vantage from the archetypal leg, but Kairat should connection a overmuch greater attacking menace connected location ungraded arsenic they look to overturn the deficit.

The visitors are without 2 defenders owed to injury, portion Nego's suspension further weakens their options, and we expect Kairat to marque location vantage number and unafraid their spot successful the adjacent round.

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