2015 Kazakhstan Cup final explained

The 2015 Kazakhstan Cup Final was the 24th final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Kairat and Astana at Astana Arena in Astana. The match was played on 21 November 2015 and was the final match of the competition.

Background

Kairat were playing a record ninth Kazakhstan Cup final. They had previously won 6, most recently last season's final against Aktobe. Their most recent defeat in the final was in 2005, losing 2–1 to Zhenis.

It was Astana's third final. They had won both previous finals, most recently in 2012 with a 2–0 win over Irtysh.

Kairat and Astana had played twice during the league season. In the first game, on April 19, 2015 Astana won 4–3 at Astana Arena. Georgy Zhukov, Nemanja Maksimovic, Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev and Tanat Nusserbayev scored for Astana, and Gerard Gohou scored twice and Bauyrzhan Islamkhan scored once for Kairat. On June 28, 2015, Kairat won a victory 2–0 with goals from Isael and Bauyrzhan Islamkhan's penalty.

Route to the Final

Kairat

Round	Opposition	Score
scope=row style="text-align:center"	SR	Irtysh (H)	0–0 (4–1 p)
scope=row style="text-align:center"	QF	Taraz (H)	4–1
scope=row style="text-align:center"	SF		1–5 (0–3 (A) / 1–2 (H))
Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.

Astana

Round	Opposition	Score
scope=row style="text-align:center"	SR	Ekibastuz (A)	2–3
scope=row style="text-align:center"	QF	Kaisar (A) (after extra time)	1–2
scope=row style="text-align:center"	SF		1–3 (0–2 (A) / 1–1 (H))
Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.

Match

Details

GK 1 Vladimir Plotnikov DF 2 Timur Rudoselskiy DF 3 DF 4 Bruno Soares DF 6 MF 8 Mikhail Bakayev MF 9 Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (c) MF 15 Sito Riera MF 20 Islambek Kuat MF 44 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk FW 28 Substitutes: GK 16 Serhiy Tkachuk DF 5 DF 13 Ermek Kuantayev MF 10 Isael da Silva Barbosa MF 17 Aslan Darabayev MF 24 FW 11 Manager: Vladimir Weiss	<	-- Deleted image removed: -->	GK 1 Nenad Eric DF 15 DF 44 Yevgeny Postnikov DF 5 Marin Anicic DF 77 MF 11 MF 19 Georgy Zhukov MF 6 FW 22 FW 17 Tanat Nusserbayev (c) FW 18 Patrick Twumasi Substitutes: GK 85 Vladimir Loginovsky DF 28 Birzhan Kulbekov DF 33 MF 10 NF 24 Denys Dedechko FW 9 FW 89 Manager: Stanimir Stoilov

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Man of the match Match officials Assistant referees: Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarik Ongun (Turkey) Fourth official: Artem Kuchin (Karagandy) Reserve official: Zhumagali Mumbayev (Shymkent)

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Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

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Statistic	Kairat	Astana
scope=row	Goals scored	2	1
scope=row	Possession	49%	51%
scope=row	Shots on target	6	4
scope=row	Shots off target	11	7
scope=row	Corner kicks	6	2
scope=row	Fouls	15	14
scope=row	Offsides	3	0
scope=row	Yellow cards	2	1
scope=row	Red cards	0	0