Kairat Almaty vs Panathinaikos 1-5

Panathinaikos left Almaty with a 5-1 win after taking control early and stretching the lead after the break. V. Taborda and C. Dessers put them in front before K. Kangwa and E. Rastoder added second-half goals, with I. Bekbolat's late strike for Kairat Almaty only reducing the margin.

Taborda opened the scoring in the 6th minute, finishing from G. Kyriakopoulos for 1-0. Dessers then made it 2-0 from the penalty spot on 24 minutes, and Panathinaikos went in with a 2-0 lead. A VAR check on 29 minutes ruled out an A. Tetteh goal for offside, while Kairat had already lost O. Baybek to A. Shirobokov on 32 minutes.

The visitors moved further clear three minutes after the restart when Dessers scored his second of the match on 47 minutes, assisted by Tetteh. Panathinaikos made two changes on 56 minutes, sending on E. Rastoder and K. Kangwa, and Kangwa scored a minute later after coming off the bench. Kairat made three changes on 65 minutes and Panathinaikos made two more at the same time, before Rastoder, who had come on in the 56th minute, made it 5-0 on 75 minutes. Bekbolat, who had come on in the 65th minute, then scored for Kairat on 79 minutes from Shirobokov's assist, for 5-1.

The numbers backed the scoreline. Panathinaikos had 58% of the possession, made 482 passes to Kairat's 340 and finished with 84% pass accuracy compared with 77%. They also had more shots on target, 6 to 2, and a stronger xG figure of 2.49 to 0.83, while Kairat had the edge on shots, 12 to 11, and corners, 4 to 3. Both sides were level on offsides at 2 and saves at 1, with fouls finishing 13-12 in Panathinaikos' favour.

Kairat's E. Tapalov was booked on 25 minutes and A. Mrynskiy on 45+2, while Panathinaikos collected cautions for E. Palmer-Brown on 45+1 and K. Kangwa on 77 minutes.