FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Thursday, September 4, 2025
Wales WWDWL 1
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Kazakhstan WLWLL 0
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WAL101
KAZ000
Astana Arena · 28,219 att.

Match Report

AP Photo/Turar Kazangapov

Moore fires Wales to win 1-0 win at Kazakhstan, top of group

Wales went top of their World Cup qualifying group on Thursday with a hard-fought 1-0 win in Kazakhstan.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
4
67.8
Possession
32.2
16
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
516
Accurate Passes
201
575
Passes
262
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
7
23
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.4
33
Long Balls
53
13
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
2
3
Effective Tackles
7
10
Tackles
15
0.3
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
8
16
Effective Clearances
24
16
Clearances
24

Head to Head

WAL leads series 1-0

Lineups

KAZ · 3-4-2-1

  1. 15Temirlan AnarbekovG
  2. 2Sergiy MalyiCD
  3. 3Nuraly AlipCD-L
  4. 6Alibek KasymCD-R
  5. 21Damir KasabulatCM-L
  6. 8Ramazan OrazovCM-R
  7. 11Yan VorogovskiyLM
  8. 5Bagdat KairovRM
  9. 10Maksim SamorodovF
  10. 17Galymzhan KenzhebekCF-L
  11. 19Dastan SatpaevCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Bekkhan ShaizadaSUB
  2. 20Dauren ZhumatSUB
  3. 18Ivan SviridovSUB
  4. 23Oralkhan OmirtayevSUB
  5. 14Nauryzbek ZhagorovSUB
  6. 16Murojon KhalmatovSUB
  7. 13Dinmuhamed KaramanSUB
  8. 9Islam ChesnokovSUB
  9. 12Mukhamedjan SeysenSUB
  10. 22Sultanbek AstanovSUB
  11. 4Ular ZhaksybayevSUB
  12. 7Serikzhan MuzhikovSUB

WAL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Karl DarlowG
  2. 2Chris MephamCD-L
  3. 6Dylan LawlorCD-R
  4. 4Ben DaviesLB
  5. 3Neco WilliamsRB
  6. 22Josh SheehanCM
  7. 10Liam CullenLM
  8. 8Harry WilsonRM
  9. 13Kieffer MooreF
  10. 19Sorba ThomasLF
  11. 11Brennan JohnsonRF

Substitutes

  1. 9Lewis KoumasSUB
  2. 23Joel ColwillSUB
  3. 17Jordan JamesSUB
  4. 14Rhys Norrington-DaviesSUB
  5. 21Adam DaviesSUB
  6. 12Tom KingSUB
  7. 15Ronan KpakioSUB
  8. 20Daniel JamesSUB
  9. 18Mark HarrisSUB
  10. 16Charlie CrewSUB
  11. 7David BrooksSUB
  12. 5Ben CabangoSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Kazakhstan 0, Wales 1. Kieffer Moore (Wales) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  2. 65' Substitution, Kazakhstan. Islam Chesnokov replaces Galymzhan Kenzhebek.
  3. 65' Substitution, Wales. Daniel James replaces Brennan Johnson.
  4. 65' Substitution, Wales. Mark Harris replaces Kieffer Moore.
  5. 77' Substitution, Wales. David Brooks replaces Sorba Thomas.
  6. 77' Substitution, Wales. Jordan James replaces Liam Cullen.
  7. 80' Sergey Maliy (Kazakhstan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 81' Substitution, Kazakhstan. Ular Zhaksybayev replaces Nuraly Alip because of an injury.
  9. 86' Substitution, Wales. Ben Cabango replaces Chris Mepham.
  10. 86' Substitution, Kazakhstan. Serikzhan Muzhikov replaces Ramazan Orazov.
  11. 86' Substitution, Kazakhstan. Dauren Zhumat replaces Maksim Samorodov.
  12. 87' Substitution, Kazakhstan. Oralhan Ömirtaev replaces Dastan Satpaev.
  13. 90'+1' Neco Williams (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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