Match preview First Division: Smorgon - Granit at Yunost Stadium

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Competition: Belarus First Division
Date: Sat 16.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yunost Stadium (3200 seats)

Season ticket holders at Yunost Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Smorgon languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Granit 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.

Smorgon can neither be promoted or relegated from First Division. Granit is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Smorgon form and stats

Smorgon's results here at Yunost Stadium in the First Division have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

The Smorgon fans got no joy from their last match, a First Division game also here at Yunost Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Smolevichy-STI (placed 1st). Before that, Smorgon played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Slonim.

Smorgon are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 12 attempts. Smorgon have conceded 18 from these games.

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Granit form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Granit so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-8 (win-draw-lose).

It might be tough going out on the road again for Granit, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Ruh Brest (placed 3rd). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Krumkachy.

Granit have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Granit have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Granit - Smorgon 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Smorgon won 1, Granit won 6 and 3 draws. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GranitI. Veras
I. Veras
16 goals
Granit
I. Yurin
8 goals
SmorgonV. Kozko
V. Kozko
7 goals

Smorgon missing players

Granit missing players

Smorgon Granit
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 4 13 27
4 2 1 Won W 2 3 8
6 4 1 Drew D 0 2 8
16 6 2 Lost L 2 8 11
26 12 3 Scored S 9 14 35
58 18 4 Conceded C 9 19 41
85% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 81%
73% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 70%
65% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 46% 52%
50% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 31% 41%
27% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 19%
46% 42% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 31% 44%
19% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 33%
50% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 54% 41%
 
3.5 3.5 2.8 Corners For (avg) C F 1.7 2.7 2.1
3.9 3.3 2.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 0.7 3.7 2.6
1.4 1.6 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.7
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Granit have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Smorgon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Smolevichy-STI 27 19 6 2 59 14 14 9 4 1 29 10 13 10 2 1 30 4 45 63
2 Belshina 26 19 5 2 70 20 13 9 2 2 39 12 13 10 3 0 31 8 50 62
3 Ruh Brest 26 14 10 2 59 22 13 7 4 2 29 12 13 7 6 0 30 10 37 52
4 Gomelzheldortrans 26 16 4 6 54 23 13 11 0 2 33 8 13 5 4 4 21 15 31 52
5 Sputnik 26 13 5 8 44 32 13 7 3 3 24 17 13 6 2 5 20 15 12 44
6 Lida 26 11 8 7 40 29 13 7 3 3 23 12 13 4 5 4 17 17 11 41
7 Naftan 26 11 8 7 50 40 13 4 7 2 24 20 13 7 1 5 26 20 10 41
8 Krumkachy 26 10 7 9 38 36 13 5 3 5 20 22 13 5 4 4 18 14 2 37
9 Granit 27 8 8 11 35 41 14 5 6 3 21 22 13 3 2 8 14 19 -6 32
10 Orsha 26 9 4 13 32 50 13 4 3 6 11 19 13 5 1 7 21 31 -18 31
11 Khimik Svetlogorsk 26 7 5 14 23 53 13 6 2 5 15 16 13 1 3 9 8 37 -30 26
12 Slonim 26 4 9 13 17 40 13 4 3 6 12 17 13 0 6 7 5 23 -23 21
13 Volna 26 4 6 16 25 44 13 3 2 8 16 23 13 1 4 8 9 21 -19 18
14 Smorgon 26 4 6 16 26 58 12 2 4 6 12 18 14 2 2 10 14 40 -32 18
15 Baranovichi 26 0 3 23 9 79 13 0 1 12 5 40 13 0 2 11 4 39 -70 3

Read more about First Division

The Belarusian First League is the second division of football in Belarus. The season runs from April to November and has usually has 16 teams playing 30 fixtures each to create the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while the bottom team is relegated.