Kairat Almaty vs Anderlecht — Tips & Analysis

Kairat Almaty +0.5: Kairat are hard to beat at their own ground, and Anderlecht are poor travellers. That is why we are with the home side in this first leg. Kairat have won 6 of their 9 home games and let in under a goal a game there. Across their last 19 games they have not lost by 2 or more once. Anderlecht have won only 2 of their 8 away games, scoring under a goal a game on the road and letting in almost 2. They have won by 2 or more in just 2 of their last 15, so big away wins are not their thing. They travel without Killian Sardella and Ibrahim Camara, and Mario Stroeykens and Mouhamed Belkheir face late fitness tests. The trip to Almaty is the longest in European football, and a tired side rarely takes control of a first leg. Kairat's own European games have been tight, one goal in their last four legs with three of them finishing 1-0 or 0-1. A 1-0 to Kairat is the way this looks, a slim lead to take to Brussels. The risk is real. Anderlecht have won 4 of their last 5 and have been playing well, whatever the away record says, and their two doubtful men could be passed fit. We are still with Kairat here.