Returning from various Kazakhstan national teams, young Kairat players crushed their peers from Kostanay 7-0 in the ninth round of the First League. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.

Doubles were scored by players of the country's youth (U19) and under-21 (U21) national teams Alamgir Smakov and Ramazan Bagdat. Goals were also scored by national team players Yermukhammed Kerimkhan and Azamat Tuyakbayev. Another goal was credited to Kaysar Malaev.

Match results

  • 01**KAIRAT-ZHASTAR (Almaty) – TOBOL-M (Kostanay) 7:0 (3:0)**. Goals: Smakov 19 (1:0), Bagdat 34 (2:0), Bagdat 38 (3:0), Smakov 54 (4:0), Kerimkhan 68 (5:0), Malaev 79 (6:0), Tuyakbayev 85 (7:0)
  • 02**BATYR (Ekibastuz) – ARYS 1:1 (0:0)**. Goals: Aitpakayev 90+1 (1:0), Moldakarayev 90+5 (1:1). Sent off: Malikov (A, 89)
  • 03**KHAN-TENGRI (Almaty) – SHAKHTYOR (Karaganda) 0:2 (0:0)**. Goals: Migunov 58 (0:1), Litos 88 (0:2)
  • 04**TURAN (Turkistan) – CASPIY-M (Aktau) 3:0 (0:0)**. Goals: Kenesov 23 (1:0), Turlybek 37 (2:0), Makhan 90 (3:0)
  • 05**TARAZ – ASTANA-M 1:2 (0:2)**. Goals: Serikov 4 (0:1), Tokenov 30 (0:2), Kalybayev 53 (1:2). Missed penalty: Amangeldinov (A, 90+4) saved by goalkeeper. Sent off: Dairov (T, 33)
  • 06**YELIMAY-M (Semey) – ZHAIYK (Uralsk) 0:1 (0:1)**. Goal: Umbetov 45+1
  • 07**AKTOBE-M – ONTUSTIK ACADEMY (Shymkent) 1:4 (0:1)**. Goals: Ali 3 (0:1), Khaldar 64 (0:2), Begimov 71 (1:2), Abdashim 76 (1:3), Nyshantai 85 (1:4)

Kairat, having crushed Tobol-M, continues to lead the race. Zhoa Arutyunyan's charges have not lost in nine rounds.

Shakhtyor is one point behind, having secured an important victory today in Almaty over Khan-Tengri – 2-0. And here too, a national team player scored. Youth team forward Artem Litos scored his sixth goal for Karaganda since the start of the tournament. Only Kairat's Ismail Bekbolat has more, with seven. The captain of the youth (U19) national team was given a rest in the match against Kostanay.

Third in the table is Turan, which pushed Taraz away from the threshold promising a ticket to KPL-2027. The Turkistan team defeated Caspiy-M 3-0 at home, while the Zhambyl team unexpectedly lost to young Astana players 1-2.

The matches of the 10th round of the First League will take place on June 18 and 19.