Match Report
The table gap was wide: 19 points between Tobol (3rd, 47 pts) and Taraz (12th, 28 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Taraz 1.04 scored and 1.12 conceded per game, Tobol 1.77 and 1.27, with the league averaging 1.31.
Level finishes had become the habit for Taraz: three in a row. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Taraz against 9/15 for Tobol.
The head-to-head ledger counts 37 games: 10 Taraz wins, 19 for Tobol, 8 draws, at 2.32 goals per meeting. The recent trend is more open — 3.4 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 2.32 all-time.
Ortalıq Stadion in Taraz, capacity 12,527, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Tobol led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-2 the final score.