Match Report
37 points separated the sides: Kairat 1st on 47, Shakhter Karagandy 13th on 10. Scoring rates set the scale: Shakhter Karagandy 0.5 scored and 1.88 conceded per game, Kairat 1.63 and 0.88, with the league averaging 1.18.
Shakhter Karagandy had not won in 5 games. The five-game form split read 1/15 points for Shakhter Karagandy against 8/15 for Kairat.
37 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Shakhter Karagandy 8, draws 12, Kairat 17, at 2.81 goals per meeting.
The venue was Stadion Shakhter in Karagandy, with room for 6,300 spectators. On the scoreboard, Kairat led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-3.