Match Report
In the standings it was Astana 3rd on 42 points, Aktobe 5th on 35 — separated by 7. On recent form Aktobe sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Per game in the league, Astana were scoring 1.68 and conceding 1.09, Aktobe 1.43 and 1.22, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 40 meetings between the two: 25 for Astana, 10 for Aktobe and 5 drawn, at 2.88 goals per meeting.
Astana Arena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 14,356. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Astana: Dmitriy Shomko (12'), Ivan Basic (58'), Stanislav Basmanov (90') · Aktobe: Giorgi Zaria (43'), Artur Shushenachev (55')
Key stats
Possession: Astana 61% · Aktobe 39% · Total shots: 24-6 · On target: 11-2 · Corners: 4-2