First Division match preview: Smorgon believed to be the weaker party when Lida pays a visit

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Competition: Belarus First Division
Date: Sat 07.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Junatstva (3500 seats)

Smorgon hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 14th position in the First Division table. Visiting Lida holds 6th place with 28 pts.

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 grass, which is not Lida's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Lida have performed like this: Played 24 matches resulting in 13 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 34-23 (scored/conceded).

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Smorgon form and stats

Smorgon's results here at Stadyen Junatstva in the First Division have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Smorgon lost their last game at Orsha (placed 9th) after a 1-3 scoreline. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Belshina.

The Smorgon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. On the other hand, Smorgon have conceded 8 goals.

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Lida form and stats

4-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lida in their First Division matches away.

The manager Y. Karatay was unhappy after their last game, a First Division match played at their home ground Stadyen Junatstva. Lida suffered a 2-4 loss to Ruh Brest (placed 4th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Krumkachy at their stadium, the result 3-1.

Lida are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. 9 goals have been conceded by Lida in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Lida - Smorgon 2-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Smorgon 4 wins, 2 draws and Lida 4 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

V. Kozko
7 goals
N. Zenko
6 goals
V. Ganich
5 goals

Smorgon missing players

Lida missing players

Smorgon Lida
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
17 6 2 Played 2 8 17
3 1 0 Won 2 4 8
2 2 0 Drew 0 2 4
12 3 2 Lost 0 2 5
21 7 1 Scored 3 13 27
44 8 4 Conceded 0 9 20
94% 83% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 94%
82% 67% 100% Over 1.5 50% 88% 76%
76% 50% 50% Over 2.5 0% 50% 59%
59% 33% 0% Over 3.5 0% 25% 29%
35% 17% 0% Over 4.5 0% 12% 12%
59% 50% 50% BTTS 0% 75% 65%
6% 17% 0% Clean Sheets 100% 25% 24%
41% 50% 50% Failed To Score 0% 0% 18%
 
4.5 5.3 5.5 Corners For (avg) 3 3.8 3.6
5.3 5 4.5 Corners Against (avg) 4 3.2 4.1
2 2.7 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red Cards 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Lida have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Lida haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Smorgon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Smorgon
All Belarusian Cup First Division Club Friendlies
All Home Away
20-07-19 FD Volna 2 - 4 Smorgon
27-07-19 BC Smorgon 1 - 4 Gomel
17-08-19 FD Sputnik 3 - 5 Smorgon
24-08-19 FD Smorgon 0 - 0 Belshina
31-08-19 FD Orsha 3 - 1 Smorgon
07-09-19 FD Smorgon 14:00 Lida
14-09-19 FD Krumkachy 00:00 Smorgon
21-09-19 FD Smorgon - Ruh Brest
28-09-19 FD Smorgon - Naftan
12-10-19 FD Smorgon - Gomelzheldortrans
Lida
All Belarusian Cup First Division Club Friendlies
All Home Away
20-07-19 FD Orsha 1 - 2 Lida
28-07-19 BC Lida 3 - 3 Slutsk
17-08-19 FD Naftan 3 - 2 Lida
25-08-19 FD Krumkachy 1 - 3 Lida
31-08-19 FD Lida 2 - 4 Ruh Brest
07-09-19 FD Smorgon 14:00 Lida
21-09-19 FD Gomelzheldortrans - Lida
28-09-19 FD Lida - Baranovichi
05-10-19 FD Khimik Svetlogorsk - Lida
12-10-19 FD Lida - Slonim

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Smolevichy-STI 18 13 3 2 38 9 10 7 2 1 23 8 8 6 1 1 15 1 29 42
2 Belshina 17 12 4 1 43 9 8 5 2 1 22 6 9 7 2 0 21 3 34 40
3 Gomelzheldortrans 18 11 2 5 36 16 10 9 0 1 26 5 8 2 2 4 10 11 20 35
4 Ruh Brest 18 9 7 2 46 19 10 5 3 2 25 11 8 4 4 0 21 8 27 34
5 Sputnik 16 9 3 4 31 20 8 4 2 2 15 12 8 5 1 2 14 8 11 30
6 Lida 17 8 4 5 27 20 9 4 2 3 14 11 8 4 2 2 13 9 7 28
7 Naftan 18 7 6 5 34 27 10 3 5 2 17 16 8 4 1 3 17 11 7 27
8 Granit 17 6 4 7 20 26 9 4 3 2 11 13 8 2 1 5 9 13 -6 22
9 Orsha 17 7 1 9 21 32 8 4 1 3 9 8 9 3 0 6 12 24 -11 22
10 Krumkachy 18 5 5 8 22 27 8 2 2 4 11 15 10 3 3 4 11 12 -5 20
11 Khimik Svetlogorsk 17 6 2 9 17 37 9 5 1 3 12 11 8 1 1 6 5 26 -20 20
12 Volna 16 4 3 9 18 26 8 3 0 5 10 12 8 1 3 4 8 14 -8 15
13 Slonim 17 2 6 9 10 26 8 2 2 4 7 12 9 0 4 5 3 14 -16 12
14 Smorgon 17 3 2 12 21 44 6 1 2 3 7 8 11 2 0 9 14 36 -23 11
15 Baranovichi 17 0 2 15 8 54 8 0 0 8 5 28 9 0 2 7 3 24 -46 2

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