Каират Алмати против Панатинаикос

Panathinaikos made light of a long trip to Kazakhstan, beating Kairat Almaty 5-1 on Thursday in the Conference League. The Greek side were two goals up inside 25 minutes and never looked like losing the lead. Vicente Taborda opened the scoring in the 6th minute, set up by Georgios Kyriakopoulos. Cyriel Dessers doubled the advantage from the penalty spot in the 24th minute, and he added a second shortly after the restart. Substitute Kings Kangwa made it four, and Elmin Rastoder got the fifth, with sources giving slightly different minutes for those two. Ismail Bekbolat, also off the bench, pulled one back for Kairat in the 79th minute. No red cards were reported. The numbers backed up the scoreline: six shots on target to two, and an expected goals count of 2.55 to 0.83. Panathinaikos have won both games and top the table with 6 points. Kairat sit 22nd with 1 point, and they host Aktobe in the league on 25 October.