Match Report
8 points for Kazakhstan (4th), 18 for Belgium (1st): a 10-point gap. Kazakhstan ranked just 33rd in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Per game in the league, Kazakhstan were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.63, Belgium 3.63 and 0.88, against a competition average of 1.66 goals per team per game.
Belgium had not lost in 7 games. The last-five ledger: Kazakhstan 4/15, Belgium 13/15.
Stadion Karasay in Petropavlosvk, capacity 11,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Kazakhstan led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Kazakhstan: Dastan Satpaev (9') · Belgium: Hans Vanaken (48')