ASTANA (Interstat) — FC Astana II defeated Yelimay Semey II 7-1 on Thursday in a home football match. The home side scored four times before the break and added three more goals after it, while Yelimay Semey II scored in the 78th minute. Asan Baigaliev scored that goal for the visitors. FC Astana II improved to one win and one loss in the competition and one win and one loss across all competitions. Yelimay Semey II fell to 0 wins and 2 losses in the competition and 0 wins and 2 losses across all competitions. The match produced eight total goals. FC Astana II led 4-0 at halftime and 6-0 before Yelimay Semey II scored. FC Astana II’s goals came in the 13th, 17th, 31st, 43rd, 61st, 69th and second minute of stoppage time. FC Astana II scored seven goals in the match.

Akhmetali Kaltanov led FC Astana II with three goals, opening the scoring in the 13th minute and doubling the advantage in the 17th. Arsen Akhmetov made it 3-0 in the 31st minute, and Anuar Tolendi added a fourth goal in the 43rd minute. FC Astana II carried a 4-0 lead into halftime. Kaltanov completed his hat trick in the 61st minute, restoring the home side’s momentum after the interval. Sanzhar Kuandyk scored in the 69th minute to make it 6-0. Akhmetov finished with one goal and two assists, while Rakhimzhan Amangeldinov recorded one assist. Kaltanov’s three goals were the first, second and fifth goals of the match. His first two came in the 13th and 17th minutes, and his third came in the 61st.

Yelimay Semey II broke through in the 78th minute when Asan Baigaliev scored, ending the shutout bid. The visitors’ goal briefly interrupted FC Astana II’s run, but the home side responded in the second minute of stoppage time. Tolendi scored his second goal of the match in the 90th minute plus two, closing the scoring at 7-1. The final goal closed the scoring for FC Astana II. Baigaliev’s strike stood as Yelimay Semey II’s only goal of the contest. Tolendi’s two-goal effort complemented Kaltanov’s hat trick and Akhmetov’s goal-and-two-assist performance. FC Astana II finished with seven goals, while Yelimay Semey II scored once.

FC Astana II’s scoring came in waves. Kaltanov’s first two goals gave the home side a 2-0 lead inside 17 minutes. Akhmetov’s goal in the 31st minute and Tolendi’s strike in the 43rd pushed the advantage to 4-0. After halftime, Kaltanov and Kuandyk extended the lead to 6-0 before Baigaliev scored for Yelimay Semey II. Tolendi’s stoppage-time goal completed the scoring. The visitors could not recover from the early deficit, and FC Astana II maintained control through the final whistle.

The result affected the season records for both sides. Earlier this season, Yelimay Semey II lost to FK Arys 3-2, and FC Astana II fell 6-0 at Kaspij Aktau II. FC Astana II’s victory evened its record in the competition and across all competitions, giving the club its first win of the campaign. Yelimay Semey II remained winless in the competition and across all competitions after its second defeat. FC Astana II had lost its previous match by six goals. Yelimay Semey II had lost its previous match by one goal. Both sides will continue their competition schedules after this result.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Yelimay Semey II 6, FC Astana II 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected FC Astana II with a 66.4 percent probability to win. The total score of 8 went under the over/under line of 3.5.