Okzhetpes claimed a 3:2 victory over Kaysar in the Premier League's twenty-fourth round on Friday, ending the hosts' hopes of climbing away from the lower half of the table. The result moves the visitors further clear of danger while Kaysar remain rooted in thirteenth place with twenty points from twenty-two matches.
And here's the thing about the opening exchanges — Kaysar took the lead through Oralkhan Omirtayev in the twenty-first minute, only for Nurgaini Buribayev to level before the hour mark. Then nural zhaksylykov restored the home side's advantage at thirty-nine, making it look like a draw was coming.
To be fair, Okzhetpes turned things around with two quick strikes. Boris Lototskyi equalised in the sixty-ninth, and Ramazan Bagdat put them ahead four minutes later. The momentum had shifted completely, and Kaysar's substitutions in the fifty-ninth — bringing on Omirtayev, Buribayev and Sovpel — came too late to change the complexion.
The statistics tell a different story from the scoreboard. Kaysar dominated possession at sixty percent and registered seven corners, yet Okzhetpes were more clinical with forty-four percent shooting accuracy compared to thirty-one. Five shots on target yielded two goals for the hosts, while four attempts produced three for the visitors.
By then, the yellow cards had piled up on both sides. Kaysar collected four, Okzhetpes six, with the booking in the ninety-fourth minute capping a rather heated encounter. Victor Moses and aliyar mukhammed also came on for the visitors, while Nikola Cuckić and Niyaz Idrisov featured for Kaysar.
The result extends Kaysar's recent struggles — they have now lost three of their last four league matches, including the 2:3 defeat to Tobol Kostanay and the 2:3 loss to Zhenis. Okzhetpes, meanwhile, sit fourth with thirty-six points, eight ahead of the teams chasing them.