Overview
- Club Brugge won 4–1 in Astana with goals from Aleksandar Stankovic, Hans Vanaken, Romeo Vermant and Brandon Mechele, while Adilet Sadybekov scored late for Kairat.
- Kairat sits last with one point after seven games and became the first club in the Champions League general stage to be ruled out of the play-off race.
- Astana police said they detained three Belgian fans for public intoxication and petty hooliganism and transferred the administrative case materials to court.
- Videos posted on social media showed the men in Borat-style swimwear in subzero conditions as most spectators wore winter clothing.
- Kairat, based in Almaty but staging home games in Astana, visits Arsenal on 28 January, while Club Brugge hosts Marseille the same day.