Astana 2-1 APOEL: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 24 November 2016

Result

Astana 2-1 APOEL

Europa League · Thursday 24 November 2016, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Astana · APOEL · Europa League predictions

Astana 2-1 APOEL: match report

Astana beat APOEL 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 24 November 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Georgios Efrem opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Astana's goals came from M. Aničić (59') and Djordje Despotovic (84'). APOEL scored through Georgios Efrem (31').

Discipline: Astana received 5 yellow cards; APOEL received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Astana were 66th on 6 points from 6 and APOEL 43rd on 9 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Astana lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and APOEL in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marin Aničić of Astana (8.0), ahead of Djordje Despotovic (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Astana wins, 2 draws and 1 for APOEL.

Going into the match Astana's last five read D-L-D-L-D and APOEL's W-L-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Dmitri ShomkoAstana
  • 31'Goal · Georgios EfremAPOEL · 0-1
  • 32'Red card · Iñaki AstizAPOEL
  • 59'Goal · M. AničićAstana · 1-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Nuno MoraisAPOEL
  • 84'Goal · Djordje DespotovicAstana · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Nemanja MaksimovićAstana
  • 89'Yellow card · M. AničićAstana
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Junior KabanangaAstana
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Junior KabanangaAstana

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Astana 0, draws 2, APOEL 1.

Team news

Astana line-up (3-5-1-1)

Nenad Erić, Marin Aničić, Igor Shitov, Yurïý Logvïnenko, Nemanja Maksimovic, Serikzhan Muzhikov, Abzal Beysebekov, Dmitriy Shomko, Roger Cañas, Djordje Despotovic, Junior Kabananga

APOEL line-up (4-4-2)

Boy Waterman, Roberto Lago, Carlão, Zhivko Milanov, Iñaki Astiz, Georgios Efrem, Vinicius, Nuno Morais, Efstathios Aloneftis, Igor De Camargo, Pieros Sotiriou