Match Report
2 points and 2 places separated them: Kyzyl-Zhar 12th with 25, Atyrau 14th with 23. Recent form told a different story for Kyzyl-Zhar: only 16th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 12th. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Kyzyl-Zhar ran at 1.08 scored and 1.5 conceded, Atyrau at 0.72 and 1.12.
Atyrau's winless run stood at 8. Recent form was uneven: 8/15 points for Kyzyl-Zhar, 2/15 for Atyrau.
The sides have met 15 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for Kyzyl-Zhar, 5 draws and 4 for Atyrau, at 2.13 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Historically tight: 33% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Stadion Karasay staged the fixture, a ground that holds 11,000. With 36 matches recorded and 1.6 yellow cards per game, B. Abdullaev was the man in the middle. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Atyrau: Mario Rabiu (89')
Key stats
Possession: Kyzyl-Zhar 40% · Atyrau 60% · Total shots: 0-1 · On target: 0-1 · Corners: 5-6