| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobol | 5 | D1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11/15 | 7-2 |
| Bulat | 8 | L4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1/15 | 3-10 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobol | 2 | 30 | 69 | 32 | WWWWW | 1 | +1 |
| Bulat | 16 | 30 | 1 | -73 | LLLLL | 14 | +2 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2005-10-27
Tobol, 2nd with 69 points, sat 68 points above Bulat (16th, 1). Per game in the league, Tobol were scoring 1.77 and conceding 0.7, Bulat 0.5 and 2.93, against a competition average of 1.18 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Tobol in 5 games. Defeat had followed defeat for Bulat — four in succession. Recent form was uneven: 11/15 points for Tobol, 1/15 for Bulat.
The match was played at Tobol Arena in Kostanay (capacity 8,323).
