Dinamo Brest vs Vitebsk: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Fri 31.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen DASK Brestski (10169 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Dinamo Brest have their presumed home advantage while Vitebsk are ahead 3 points in the Vysshaya Liga table.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Vitebsk's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Vitebsk have performed like this: Played ten matches resulting in 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats with the goal stats 8-13 (scored/conceded).

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Dinamo Brest form and stats

When playing at home in the Vysshaya Liga, Dinamo Brest have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. Dinamo has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadyen DASK Brestski, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

In their previous game, the manager S. Kovalchuk led his Dinamo to a defeat in the Vysshaya Liga match away at Isloch. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadyen DASK Brestski. A 3-3 draw away before that, with Smolevichy-STI the opponent.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Dinamo matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).

The Dinamo manager S. Kovalchuk has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

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Vitebsk form and stats

As the visiting team in Vysshaya Liga matches, Vitebsk have produced an overall stat of 2-4-3 so far.

273 minutes! That's how long the Vitebsk goalkeeper Artem Soroko and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Vitebsk go into this game after a win, the home game against Slutsk that ended 2-0. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Smolevichy-STI.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Vitebsk when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning zero games.

Vitebsk have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. 12 goals have been conceded by Vitebsk in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Vitebsk - Dinamo Brest 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Dinamo Brest wins - draws - Vitebsk wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VitebskI. Nicolăescu
I. Nicolăescu
9 goals
Dinamo BrestD. Laptev
D. Laptev
6 goals
DinamoP. Savitskiy
P. Savitskiy
5 goals

Dinamo Brest missing players

Vitebsk missing players

Dinamo Brest Vitebsk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 3 9 19
8 4 1 Won W 1 2 7
2 1 0 Drew D 1 4 8
7 3 0 Lost L 1 3 4
31 17 3 Scored S 4 9 20
22 12 1 Conceded C 5 12 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 53%
59% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 22% 21%
35% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 21%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 11%
59% 88% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 37%
18% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 47%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 26%
 
7 8.2 12 Corners for (avg) C F 8.7 5.3 5.3
5.5 5.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.3 5.1
3.2 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
249 145 14 Total Shots T S 38 92 216
96 51 8 Shots on Target S O 17 41 88
32% 33% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 22% 23%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • All of Dinamo Brest's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dinamo Brest has the most points from losing position (14)
  • Dinamo Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Dinamo Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dinamo Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vitebsk has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
  • Vitebsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vitebsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shakhtyor 19 10 7 2 33 9 10 6 2 2 21 5 9 4 5 0 12 4 24 37
2 BATE 19 11 4 4 39 18 10 5 3 2 17 7 9 6 1 2 22 11 21 37
3 Neman Grodno 18 10 4 4 23 13 9 6 2 1 15 6 9 4 2 3 8 7 10 34
4 Dinamo Minsk 19 9 3 7 22 13 10 6 1 3 9 4 9 3 2 4 13 9 9 30
5 Torpedo BelAZ 19 8 6 5 25 21 9 5 2 2 10 8 10 3 4 3 15 13 4 30
6 Vitebsk 19 7 8 4 20 18 10 5 4 1 11 6 9 2 4 3 9 12 2 29
7 Ynergetyk-BDU 19 9 2 8 26 29 9 4 1 4 17 19 10 5 1 4 9 10 -3 29
8 Dinamo Brest 17 8 2 7 31 22 8 4 1 3 17 12 9 4 1 4 14 10 9 26
9 Isloch 19 8 2 9 22 25 10 6 2 2 16 10 9 2 0 7 6 15 -3 26
10 Ruh Brest 19 6 8 5 26 20 10 3 3 4 10 13 9 3 5 1 16 7 6 26
11 Slavia 18 6 5 7 24 32 8 3 3 2 10 10 10 3 2 5 14 22 -8 23
12 Slutsk 18 6 3 9 21 29 9 3 3 3 12 11 9 3 0 6 9 18 -8 21
13 Gorodeya 19 5 4 10 17 30 9 3 2 4 9 12 10 2 2 6 8 18 -13 19
14 Minsk 17 5 3 9 19 35 8 3 2 3 11 15 9 2 1 6 8 20 -16 18
15 Smolevichy-STI 18 3 5 10 20 31 9 3 2 4 16 17 9 0 3 6 4 14 -11 14
16 Belshina 19 2 4 13 15 38 10 1 2 7 7 20 9 1 2 6 8 18 -23 10

Read more about Vysshaya Liga

The Belarusian Premier League (or, the Vysshaya Liga) is the top level of football in Belarus. It was founded in 1992 after Belarus declared independence. It currently has 16 teams in a season running in spring, summer and autumn. Each team plays 30 fixtures to create a final league table.