FC Kairat Almaty vs Panathinaikos FC Result

Matchday two of the UEFA Conference League league phase brings FC Kairat Almaty and Panathinaikos FC together at the Central Stadium in Almaty on Thursday, 22 October 2026, with kick-off at 15:30 BST. Both clubs opened the league phase on 15 October, seven days before this match: Kairat drew 1-1 away to Riga FC, while Panathinaikos won 2-1 at home to FK Borac Banja Luka. Everything for the game, including the call window, sits on the FC Kairat Almaty vs Panathinaikos match page.

• Fixture: FC Kairat Almaty v Panathinaikos FC
• Competition: UEFA Conference League, league phase
• Date: Thursday, 22 October 2026
• Kick-off: 15:30 BST
• Venue: Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan

FC Kairat Almaty's form before the Panathinaikos match

Rafael Urazbakhtin's side have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last six, taking 10 points and scoring 11 against 6 conceded. The shape of that run matters more than the total. Four days before this match they beat Irtysh Pavlodar 5-0 at home in the Kazakhstan Premier League, and 12 days before it they saw off Zhetysu Taldykorgan 1-0, also in Almaty.

Rewind five weeks and it reads very differently. Kairat lost 1-4 at home to FC Tobol 39 days before this fixture, then 0-1 away to Astana 35 days before it. They have kept three clean sheets in the six, and they have won 2 of 3 at home.

Panathinaikos under Jacob Neestrup

Panathinaikos have been the more consistent team by some distance: 5 wins from their last six, 15 points, 14 goals scored and only 4 conceded. They have not shipped two or more in any of the six. The defensive record is the thing to hold onto here, because it has held up whoever the opposition were.

Their only defeat in that run came away to Olympiacos FC, 0-1, 11 days before this match. Jacob Neestrup's team then put five past Asteras Aktor at home, 5-1, four days before travelling. The caveat is the split: all 4 home games won, but only 1 of 2 away.