Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Zhetysu 3rd with 52 points, Baykonur 14th with 7, 45 apart. Per game in the league, Baykonur were scoring 0.62 and conceding 2.73, Zhetysu 2.19 and 0.88, against a competition average of 1.82 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Baykonur for 15 matches. Zhetysu arrived on a run of six straight wins, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Baykonur 2/15, Zhetysu 15/15.
The venue was Stadion im. Gany Muratbaeva, with room for 7,300 spectators. Zhetysu led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Baykonur: A. Bulatov (51') · Zhetysu: S. Gridin (88'), S. Gridin (90'), M. Buraev (41'), N. Nurbol (9')




