Arsenal supporters put their faith in manager P. Kirilchik to deliver victory against Naftan

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

The standings reveals that 20 points divide the pair of duelists in this Pershaya Liga fixture. Arsenal have both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Arsenal have the most scored goals (56) in Pershaya Liga
  • Naftan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Arsenal form and stats

Arsenal have performed here this season with 9 wins from 14 Pershaya Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3.

A good away victory last time out for Arsenal, who won 3-0 against Belshina (placed 2nd).

Before that game, the home loss against Krumkachy with the scoreline 0-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Arsenal's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn zero and lost one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (30 in 14 games), Arsenal's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Arsenal have conceded only 10 goals.

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Naftan form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pershaya Liga.

There were no winners in Naftan's previous match, a Pershaya Liga home game that ended 0-0 vs Krumkachy (placed 3rd).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Slonim.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Naftan playing away, we found five games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and four home wins.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Naftan have scored 19 goals in 13 league games away. As for defending, Naftan rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved encountered each other earlier on this match year: Naftan - Arsenal 0-1. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: three - zero - one (Arsenal wins - draws - Naftan wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NaftanI. Zarobekov
I. Zarobekov
16 goals
ArsenalA. Kiyko
A. Kiyko
13 goals
ArsenalD. Matsiash
D. Matsiash
8 goals

Arsenal missing players

Naftan missing players

Arsenal Naftan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 13 28
19 9 2 Won W 0 5 11
5 2 0 Drew D 1 4 9
4 3 2 Lost L 3 4 8
56 30 6 Scored S 1 19 42
20 10 3 Conceded C 9 20 39
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
82% 86% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 82%
50% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 54%
29% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 29%
14% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 18%
39% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 62% 64%
46% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 14%
18% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 75% 38% 32%
 
5.1 5.6 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 4.5
4 3.9 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9.2 5.7 5.4
1.3 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.6 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.6 7.4 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.6 10.9
3.4 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.9 4
60% 58% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 30% 37%
Key stats in Pershaya Liga this season:
  • Arsenal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arsenal have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the most scored goals (56) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the the best goal difference (+36) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Naftan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Arsenal 28 19 5 4 56 20 14 9 2 3 30 10 14 10 3 1 26 10 36 62
2 Belshina 28 16 5 7 54 35 15 10 2 3 33 15 13 6 3 4 21 20 19 53
3 Krumkachy 28 15 6 7 52 27 14 10 1 3 33 13 14 5 5 4 19 14 25 51
4 Dnepr Mogilev 28 13 9 6 52 32 15 9 4 2 36 17 13 4 5 4 16 15 20 48
5 Volna 28 13 6 9 42 38 14 7 1 6 23 22 14 6 5 3 19 16 4 45
6 Gomelzheldortrans 28 12 8 8 48 33 13 6 4 3 25 17 15 6 4 5 23 16 15 44
7 Naftan 28 11 9 8 42 39 15 6 5 4 23 19 13 5 4 4 19 20 3 42
8 Shakhtyor Petrikov 28 10 6 12 40 50 13 4 3 6 14 20 15 6 3 6 26 30 -10 36
9 Orsha 28 7 6 15 36 53 13 3 5 5 14 19 15 4 1 10 22 34 -17 27
10 Baranovichi 28 5 6 17 30 62 14 3 5 6 19 31 14 2 1 11 11 31 -32 21
11 Lida 28 3 9 16 26 61 14 0 6 8 8 29 14 3 3 8 18 32 -35 18
12 Slonim 28 3 7 18 25 53 14 2 3 9 11 22 14 1 4 9 14 31 -28 16

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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.