Tobol without 4 suspended players: def Kassai (18/0, key player), mf Nurgaliev (18/6, topscorer, key player), str Nuserbayev (15/5, 2nd scorer), gk Busurmanov (1/0). Also def Shikov (11/0), Sartakov (3/0), str Moldakaraev (12/0) left the team. Newcomer Lescano is not expected today. Besides Tobol may rotate the players because Euro league match July 26.
Irtysh with new headcoach, strong bulgarian specialist Dimitrov.