Kairat welcome Nicosia for the first time to their home turf as both these sides will be aiming to get off to confidence-boosting start to their Conference League campaign.
The hosts find themselves in the main draw of the tournament as they have competed in the qualifiers to find themselves at the centre stage.
In the qualifiers, they faced Maccabi Haifa and won with an aggregate score line of 3-1 in the first round. In the second round of qualifiers, they defeated Crvena Zvezda with an aggregate score line of 6-2.
In the third round of qualifiers, they faced Alashkert where they won with an aggregate score line of 3-2. In the play-off’s, they faced Fola Esch and Kairat defeated them with a 7-2 aggregate score line. This shows the goal scoring threat that the home side has on display.
The hosts currently sit in 3rd position in the table in the Kazakhstan Premier League with 37 points on board after 20 league games, 8 points away from league leaders – Tobol.



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凯拉特欢迎尼科西亚第一次来到他们的主场，因为这两支球队都希望能够在联赛中信心十足地开始征程。
主办国发现自己在比赛的主要抽签中，因为他们在预选赛中发现自己在舞台中心。
在预选赛中，他们对阵了海法马卡比队，并在第一轮以3比1的总比分获胜。在第二轮预选赛中，他们以6-2的总比分击败了茨韦兹达。
在第三轮预选赛中，他们以3-2的总比分战胜了阿拉什科特队。在附加赛中，他们面对Fola Esch，凯拉特以7-2的总比分击败了他们。这显示了主队的进球威胁。
在20场联赛后，东道主以37分的成绩在哈萨克斯坦联赛积分榜上排名第三，与联赛领头羊托博尔的差距为8分。