Vysshaya Liga match preview: Neman Grodno versus Dinamo Minsk

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sat 01.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Neman (9000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Neman Grodno - Dinamo Minsk!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Neman Grodno form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Neman as Neman Grodno have scored 15 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Vysshaya Liga are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Neman Grodno has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Ruh Brest defeat 84 days ago.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Grodno, as their goalkeeper Dmitry Dudar has completely shut out the opponents for 689 minutes in the Vysshaya Liga.

A strong away win for Neman Grodno against Belshina the last match, as Gegam Kadimyan were on target. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Shakhtyor.

The Neman Grodno fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. Neman Grodno have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dinamo Minsk form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Dinamo Minsk playing as the away team in the Vysshaya Liga this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Dinamo Minsk goalkeeper Evgeny Pomazan is eager to challenge this, with his 318 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from Vladimir Khvashchinskiy secured the home win 1-0 against Gorodeya in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Torpedo BelAZ that ended 0-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dinamo Minsk have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. 9 goals have been conceded by Dinamo in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Dinamo Minsk - Grodno 2-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grodno two wins, one draw and Dinamo Minsk seven victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Neman GrodnoG. Kadimyan
G. Kadimyan
8 goals
Dinamo MinskY. Schikavko
Y. Schikavko
6 goals
GrodnoZ. Marušić
Z. Marušić
5 goals

Neman Grodno missing players

Dinamo Minsk missing players

Neman Grodno Dinamo Minsk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
10 6 1 Won W 1 3 9
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
4 1 0 Lost L 0 4 7
23 15 3 Scored S 2 13 22
13 6 1 Conceded C 0 9 13
83% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 89%
56% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 47%
28% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 26%
22% 22% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 16%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
28% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 26%
61% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 53%
28% 11% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 32%
 
4.3 4.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.4 5.6
4.4 2.8 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.8 4.1
2.2 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.2 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
186 105 24 Total Shots T S 20 88 208
68 39 8 Shots on Target S O 13 41 91
34% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 32% 24%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Dinamo Minsk has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
  • Dinamo Minsk has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Dinamo Minsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dinamo Minsk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Neman Grodno have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Neman Grodno have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Neman Grodno is in the best form (4-2-0)

  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.