Match Report
23 points separated the sides: Astana 3rd on 42, Zhetysu 15th on 19. Per game in the league, Astana were scoring 1.68 and conceding 1.09, Zhetysu 1.04 and 1.78, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
Astana had drawn their last four.
GioScore's database holds 33 meetings between the two: 23 for Astana, 6 for Zhetysu and 4 drawn, at 2.09 goals per meeting. Recent editions have opened up: 3 goals per game across the last five meetings against 2.09 historically.
Astana Arena, capacity 23,804, hosted the game. Astana led 3-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 4-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Astana: Maksat Abraev (39'), Marin Tomasov (57'), Stanislav Basmanov (14'), Karlo Bartolec (29') · Zhetysu: Marko Zivanovic (81')
Key stats
Possession: Astana 62% · Zhetysu 38% · Total shots: 19-5 · On target: 11-1 · Corners: 7-0