Azamat Tuyakbayev, a graduate of the Kairat academy, who scored in a KPL match the day before, netted a brace against Taraz today, contributing to Almaty's Kairat-Zhastar victory – 4:1. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.

The match of the 12th round of the Kazakhstan First League started with an own goal by Zhambyl's Berik Aitbayev. Then it was Tuyakbayev's turn, who completed a unique hat-trick. The forward of the national youth team scored against Okzhetpes in the KPL yesterday, and today before the break he made the score 3-0.

After the break, Tuyakbayev's youth teammate Mansur Birkurmanov and 39-year-old veteran Zhasulan Moldakarayev exchanged goals. 4:1 – Kairat-Zhastar still leads.

All results of the 12th round

⚽ **KAIRAT-ZHASTAR (Almaty) – TARAZ 4:1 (3:0)**. Goals: Aitbayev 1 own goal (1:0), Tuyakbayev 12 (2:0), Tuyakbayev 43 (3:0), Birkurmanov 53 (4:0), Moldakarayev 87 (4:1)

⚽ **ARYS – ELIMAI-M (Semey) 3:2 (3:1)**. Goals: Begaly 12 (1:0), Saduakas 23 (2:0), Sansyzbayev 33 (2:1), Mansurov 39 (3:1), Levkovich 47 (3:2)

⚽ **TURAN (Turkestan) – ZHAIYK (Uralsk) 2:2 (0:2)**. Goals: Zhurasov 7 (0:1), Israilov 45+4 (0:2), Turlybek 53 (1:2), Turlybek 58 (2:2)

⚽ **AKADEMIYA ONTUSTIK (Shymkent) – SHAKHTYOR (Karaganda) 1:2 (0:1)**. Goals: Galkin 14 (0:1), Ali 47 (1:1), Litosh 90 (1:2)

⚽ **ASTANA-M – CASPIY-M (Aktau) 6:1 (6:0)**. Goals: Tolendi 11 (1:0), Zheksenbek 15 (2:0), Akhmetov 20 (3:0), Tolendi 35 (4:0), Token 38 (5:0), Serikov 45+1 (6:0), Islam 56 (6:1)

⚽ **TOBOL-M (Kostanay) – AKTOBE-M 5:5 (3:1)**. Goals: Bazarbayev 1 (1:0), Zhailau bayev 6 (2:0), E. Musayev 32 (3:0), Muratov 39 (3:1), A. Musayev 51 (3:2), Usik 54 (3:3), Zinadin 67 (4:3), Begimov 72 (4:4), Begimov 80 (4:5), Bakhytkiri yev 84 (5:5)

⚽ **KHAN-TENGRI (Almaty) – BATYR (Ekibastuz) 1:3 (0:2)**. Goals: Bulgakbayev 7 (0:1), Mukhit 45 (0:2), Abdullayev 90+1 (1:2), Oral 90+5 (1:3). Sent off: Bizhan (Kh, 6)

Key moments of the round

Shakhtyor, continuing its fight with Kairat-Zhastar for first place, won a hard-fought victory in Shymkent in the 12th round. The winning goal against Akademiya Ontustik was scored by Artyom Litosh in the 90th minute. The Karaganda forward leads the first division scorers' race with 10 goals.

The penultimate round of the first half was very productive. In seven matches, 38 goals were scored, an average of 5.42 per game. This impressive statistic was mainly due to matches in Astana and Kostanay, where spectators saw 17 goals. The results of the shootouts were a confident victory for Astana-M over their peers from Caspiy – 6:1, and a super-fighting draw between Tobol and Aktobe – 5:5.

The matches of the 13th round of the First League will take place on July 9 and 10.