Ruh Brest vs Torpedo BelAZ: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sat 08.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen DASK Brestski (10169 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Ruh Brest have their presumed home advantage while Torpedo BelAZ are ahead 4 points in the Vysshaya Liga table.

Ruh Brest and Torpedo BelAZ should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Ruh Brest form and stats

Ruh Brest have played 10 Vysshaya Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Brest enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Minsk's place. The match ended 1-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Slavia that ended 3-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Brest have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.

The Brest fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. Brest have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Torpedo BelAZ form and stats

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

Dmitri Antilevski, Gabriel Ramos da Penha and Andrei Khachaturyan scored in Torpedo's previous match, the home game against BATE that ended 3-2. Prior to that result Torpedo won their away game at Ynergetyk-BDU. The scoreline was 4-1.

Torpedo BelAZ can call themselves comeback kings after the match against BATE. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 3-2 victory. Dmitri Antilevski scored the final goal. Dmitri Antilevski came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against BATE last time out, making the manager Y. Puntus feel like a tactical genius.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Torpedo playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Torpedo BelAZ wins, three draws and one defeat.

Torpedo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Torpedo have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Torpedo BelAZ - Ruh Brest 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

Torpedo BelAZG. Ramos da Penha
G. Ramos da Penha
7 goals
BrestD. Grechiho
D. Grechiho
4 goals
Ruh BrestA. Kontsevoy
A. Kontsevoy
4 goals

Ruh Brest missing players

Torpedo BelAZ missing players

Ruh Brest Torpedo BelAZ
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 10 20
7 3 1 Won W 1 3 9
8 3 0 Drew D 1 4 6
5 4 1 Lost L 0 3 5
27 10 1 Scored S 6 15 28
20 13 3 Conceded C 3 13 23
85% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 80%
50% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 65%
30% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 45%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 35%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 20%
40% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 50%
40% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 40%
35% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 30%
 
5.9 6.8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.1 4.3
5 5.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 5.7
2.7 2.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
251 136 22 Total Shots T S 25 96 223
90 46 6 Shots on Target S O 8 33 71
30% 22% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 45% 39%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Ruh Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Torpedo BelAZ have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Torpedo BelAZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torpedo BelAZ 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 20 11 7 2 35 9 10 6 2 2 21 5 10 5 5 0 14 4 26 40
2 BATE 20 11 4 5 41 21 10 5 3 2 17 7 10 6 1 3 24 14 20 37
3 Neman Grodno 19 11 4 4 24 13 10 7 2 1 16 6 9 4 2 3 8 7 11 37
4 Torpedo BelAZ 20 9 6 5 28 23 10 6 2 2 13 10 10 3 4 3 15 13 5 33
5 Dinamo Minsk 20 9 3 8 22 14 10 6 1 3 9 4 10 3 2 5 13 10 8 30
6 Ynergetyk-BDU 20 9 3 8 27 30 9 4 1 4 17 19 11 5 2 4 10 11 -3 30
7 Dinamo Brest 18 9 2 7 32 22 9 5 1 3 18 12 9 4 1 4 14 10 10 29
8 Isloch 20 9 2 9 26 27 10 6 2 2 16 10 10 3 0 7 10 17 -1 29
9 Vitebsk 20 7 8 5 20 19 10 5 4 1 11 6 10 2 4 4 9 13 1 29
10 Ruh Brest 20 7 8 5 27 20 10 3 3 4 10 13 10 4 5 1 17 7 7 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 19 6 3 10 21 31 10 3 3 4 12 13 9 3 0 6 9 18 -10 21
13 Gorodeya 20 5 5 10 18 31 10 3 3 4 10 13 10 2 2 6 8 18 -13 20
14 Minsk 18 5 3 10 19 36 9 3 2 4 11 16 9 2 1 6 8 20 -17 18
15 Smolevichy-STI 19 3 5 11 20 34 10 3 2 5 16 20 9 0 3 6 4 14 -14 14
16 Belshina 20 3 4 13 18 38 10 1 2 7 7 20 10 2 2 6 11 18 -20 13

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.