Match Report
The table gap was wide: 37 points between Maqtaaral (2nd, 46 pts) and Kyzyl-Zhar II (12th, 9 pts). The last five rounds placed Maqtaaral no better than 6th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.83 goals per team per game, Kyzyl-Zhar II ran at 0.91 scored and 3.23 conceded, Maqtaaral at 1.68 and 0.68.
Kyzyl-Zhar II arrived off eight straight defeats. Maqtaaral came in having won nine on the spin, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Over the last five, Kyzyl-Zhar II had taken 0 of 15 points to Maqtaaral's 15.
The match was played at Stadion Karasay in Petropavlosvk (capacity 11,000). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-3.


