Vysshaya Liga match prediction and preview for Gorodeya vs Ruh Brest clash

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Gorodeya languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Ruh Brest will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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.

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Gorodeya form and stats

When playing at home in the Vysshaya Liga, Gorodeya have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.

Gorodeya lost their last game at BATE (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Ynergetyk-BDU.

Gorodeya are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. Gorodeya have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Ruh Brest form and stats

Playing away, Ruh Brest have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the Vysshaya Liga this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the BATE game have they lost an away game, meaning Brest has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Ruh Brest's last game was the home draw against Torpedo BelAZ (3-3). Prior to that result Brest won their away game at Minsk. The scoreline was 1-0.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Torpedo BelAZ was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

Brest has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Ruh Brest - Gorodeya 1-1. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Gorodeya wins - draws - Ruh Brest wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GorodeyaL. Sajčić
L. Sajčić
6 goals
GorodeyaS. Arkhipov
S. Arkhipov
6 goals
Ruh BrestD. Grechiho
D. Grechiho
5 goals

Gorodeya missing players

Ruh Brest missing players

Gorodeya Ruh Brest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
5 3 1 Won W 1 4 7
5 3 2 Drew D 2 5 9
11 4 0 Lost L 0 1 5
18 10 4 Scored S 2 17 30
32 13 3 Conceded C 1 7 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 86%
71% 90% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 52%
33% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 33%
24% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 24%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 24%
48% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 43%
19% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 38%
33% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 33%
 
3.1 3.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 6
6.4 6.1 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.9
2.2 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.1 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
149 76 26 Total Shots T S 39 115 274
52 28 12 Shots on Target S O 11 44 97
35% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 39% 31%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Gorodeya has the fewest scored goals (18)
  • Gorodeya have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Gorodeya have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Gorodeya haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ruh Brest have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Ruh Brest have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 21 12 7 2 36 9 11 7 2 2 22 5 10 5 5 0 14 4 27 43
2 BATE 21 12 4 5 42 21 11 6 3 2 18 7 10 6 1 3 24 14 21 40
3 Neman Grodno 20 11 5 4 25 14 10 7 2 1 16 6 10 4 3 3 9 8 11 38
4 Torpedo BelAZ 21 9 7 5 31 26 10 6 2 2 13 10 11 3 5 3 18 16 5 34
5 Isloch 21 10 2 9 29 29 10 6 2 2 16 10 11 4 0 7 13 19 0 32
6 Ynergetyk-BDU 21 9 4 8 28 31 10 4 2 4 18 20 11 5 2 4 10 11 -3 31
7 Ruh Brest 21 7 9 5 30 23 11 3 4 4 13 16 10 4 5 1 17 7 7 30
8 Dinamo Minsk 20 9 3 8 22 14 10 6 1 3 9 4 10 3 2 5 13 10 8 30
9 Dinamo Brest 19 9 2 8 32 23 9 5 1 3 18 12 10 4 1 5 14 11 9 29
10 Vitebsk 21 7 8 6 22 22 11 5 4 2 13 9 10 2 4 4 9 13 0 29
11 Slavia 19 6 5 8 26 36 9 3 3 3 12 14 10 3 2 5 14 22 -10 23
12 Slutsk 20 6 3 11 23 35 10 3 3 4 12 13 10 3 0 7 11 22 -12 21
13 Gorodeya 21 5 5 11 18 32 10 3 3 4 10 13 11 2 2 7 8 19 -14 20
14 Minsk 18 5 3 10 19 36 9 3 2 4 11 16 9 2 1 6 8 20 -17 18
15 Belshina 21 4 4 13 22 40 11 2 2 7 11 22 10 2 2 6 11 18 -18 16
16 Smolevichy-STI 19 3 5 11 20 34 10 3 2 5 16 20 9 0 3 6 4 14 -14 14

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.