Matchday

UEFA Nations League 26/27 · 2 Oct 2026

Kazakhstan 1–2 Moldova

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Sep 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.5 – 0.8
Actual xG
0.6 – 0.8
Goals
1 – 2

Footybot made Kazakhstan favourites at 52%.

Moldova won a close one on the chances: 0.8 xG to 0.6.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Sergiu Perciun, 73.6 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Nicky Cleșcenco +21.5, Sergiu Perciun +18.0, Iurie Iovu +13.0.

Well below it: Vladimir Fratea −11.8.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Kazakhstan

29 Sep 2026L 1–2at Slovakia UEFA Nations League
26 Sep 2026D 1–1at Faroe Islands UEFA Nations League
15 Nov 2025D 1–1v Belgium World Cup Qualification UEFA
13 Oct 2025D 1–1at North Macedonia World Cup Qualification UEFA
10 Oct 2025W 4–0v Liechtenstein World Cup Qualification UEFA

Moldova

29 Sep 2026D 1–1v Faroe Islands UEFA Nations League
26 Sep 2026L 0–2at Slovakia UEFA Nations League
16 Nov 2025L 1–4at Israel World Cup Qualification UEFA
13 Nov 2025L 0–2v Italy World Cup Qualification UEFA
14 Oct 2025D 1–1at Estonia World Cup Qualification UEFA

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Kazakhstan

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Azamat Tuyakbayev Midfielder4500–66.7–
Bauyrzhan Islamkhan Midfielder90010.0656.5–
Yan Vorogovskiy Defender90000.1654.7−1.6
Dinmukhamed Karaman Midfielder90000.0753.9+2.7
Ramazan Orazov Midfielder45000.0652.3+4.0
Nauryzbek Zhagorov Defender24000.2251.9–
Erkin Tapalov Defender45000.0444.4+1.1
Aleksandr Mrynskiy Defender6600–43.2−1.6
Ramazan Karimov Forward5900–43.1–
Aleksandr Zarutskiy Goalkeeper9000–33.3–

Moldova

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Sergiu Perciun Midfielder90010.0873.6+18.0
Nicky Cleșcenco Midfielder59100.2063.2+21.5
Ioan-Calin Revenco Defender86000.1257.5–
Petru Popescu Forward90100.3655.5–
Iurie Iovu Defender9000–53.7+13.0
Mihail Gherasimencov Defender9000–47.2+3.8
Oleg Reabciuk Defender7500–45.9−3.5
Vadim Rață Midfielder8600–45.7−2.9
Ovidiu David Midfielder800–43.9–
Vladimir Fratea Midfielder45000.0534.9−11.8