Match Report
The table gap was wide: 41 points between Astana (2nd, 57 pts) and Turan (14th, 16 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Astana 2.54 scored and 1.15 conceded per game, Turan 0.96 and 2.23, with the league averaging 1.36.
Turan arrived off nine straight defeats. From the last five rounds, Astana held 10 points of 15 and Turan 0.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Astana, 6 draws and 0 for Turan, at 3.13 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 13% of those meetings. In 88% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Astana Arena, capacity 23,804, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Astana led 4-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 7-0.
Goal scorers
Astana: Nurali Zhaksylyk (42'), Nurali Zhaksylyk (9'), Nazmi Gripshi (19'), Ousmane Camara (16'), Marin Tomasov (86'), Chinedu Geoffrey (81'), Ramazan Karimov (90')
Key stats
Possession: Astana 63% · Turan 37% · Total shots: 18-5 · On target: 11-3 · Corners: 5-1