Kazakhstan vs Faroe Islands 2-2

Faroe Islands led twice in Astana, and Kazakhstan came back to draw 2-2 with goals in the 68th and 76th minutes. Both sides finished with a red card after a stop-start second half.

Petur Knudsen opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, finishing Jóannes Bjartalíð’s pass to put Faroe Islands 1-0 ahead. Kazakhstan went in trailing at the break after Maksim Samorodov was booked in the 38th minute and the score stayed 0-1 at half-time.

Kazakhstan made two changes on 45 minutes, sending on Yan Vorogovskiy and Artur Shushenachev, and Faroe Islands responded with a yellow card for Martin Agnarsson and Heini Vatnsdal in the 52nd minute before Vatnsdal was replaced by Samuel Chukwudi on 53 minutes. Géza Dávid Turi then made it 2-0 on 63 minutes, and Martin Agnarsson was sent off two minutes later. Sergey Malyy pulled one back for Kazakhstan in the 68th minute, and Nuraly Alip levelled it on 76 minutes from Maksim Samorodov’s assist. Faroe Islands made two changes on 82 minutes, Kazakhstan sent off Sergey Malyy in the 85th minute, and Elkhan Astanov came on for Bauyrzhan Islamkhan on 87 minutes.

Kazakhstan had 67% of the ball and 556 passes to Faroe Islands’ 267, and they also had 23 shots to 15. Both sides had 4 shots on target and 2 saves, while Faroe Islands won 8 corners to Kazakhstan’s 5. Kazakhstan were flagged offside 3 times to Faroe Islands’ 1, and the foul count was 8-9.

Kazakhstan had one booking, for Maksim Samorodov in the 38th minute. Faroe Islands also had one yellow card, for Martin Agnarsson in the 52nd minute, before his sending-off on 65 minutes and Sergey Malyy’s red card for Kazakhstan on 85 minutes.