In the 24th round of the Kazakhstan Premier League, Kokshetau's Okzhetpes secured a comeback victory away to Kyzylorda's Kaisar with a score of 3:2, reports infohub.kz.
The match took place at the Kaisar Arena stadium in Kyzylorda. In the first half, the visitors found the net twice: in the 21st minute, Kazakh striker Oralkhan Omirtayev scored, and in the 28th minute, midfielder Nurgaini Buribayev doubled the lead. The home side pulled one back in the 39th minute through forward Nurali Zhaksylykov.
In the second half, on the 69th minute, Ukrainian defender Borys Lototskyi restored the two-goal cushion. Kaisar responded with a goal from Ramazan Bagdat, but there was no time for more.
This win allowed Okzhetpes to reach 39 points and close in on the top three. Kaisar, with 20 points, sit in 13th place in the KPL standings.