Match Report
The table gap was wide: 15 points between Aktobe (5th, 35 pts) and Atyrau (12th, 20 pts). The last five rounds placed Aktobe no better than 10th for form, against 5th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.24 goals per team per game, Atyrau ran at 0.77 scored and 1.09 conceded, Aktobe at 1.43 and 1.22.
Atyrau had gone 5 games without a win. Recent form was uneven: 1/15 points for Atyrau, 9/15 for Aktobe.
GioScore's database holds 38 meetings between the two: 3 for Atyrau, 22 for Aktobe and 13 drawn, at 2.26 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 32% of meetings.
Stadion Munayşı staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,660. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Atyrau led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Atyrau: Đorđe Maksimović (37') · Aktobe: Daniel Sosah (75')
Key stats
Possession: Atyrau 34% · Aktobe 66% · Total shots: 8-11 · On target: 3-3 · Corners: 5-4