Match preview: Home crowd has high expectations when Arsenal greet Orsha

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Arsenal are chasing the top league places while Orsha are more concerned with steering clear of relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?

Insights:
  • Arsenal have the most scored goals (47) in Pershaya Liga
  • Orsha have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Arsenal form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here as Arsenal have scored 25 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Pershaya Liga are 7-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Arsenal 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 Gomelzheldortrans defeat 85 days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Vladimir Pyatigorets not having conceded a league goal in 343 minutes.

It's back home for Arsenal, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Gomelzheldortrans away with the result 3-0. D. Matyash (2) and P. Seleznev found the net in that victory.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Shakhtyor Petrikov.

Arsenal are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew zero and lost one.

Goals decide football matches and Arsenal are scoring many of them at home; 25 on target from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Arsenal have conceded only 6 goals.

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Orsha form and stats

Playing away, Orsha have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 7 defeats in the Pershaya Liga this season.

Orsha's previous game was their home loss versus Krumkachy (1-4).

Prior to that result Orsha won their away game at Slonim. The scoreline was 4-2.

You'll want to know how Orsha managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and four home wins.

Orsha has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. For Orsha, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also met each other earlier this season: Orsha - Arsenal 2-2. Previous four meetings featuring these teams: Arsenal won three, Orsha were winners in zero and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ArsenalA. Kiyko
A. Kiyko
12 goals
OrshaG. Zheleznikov
G. Zheleznikov
7 goals
ArsenalD. Matsiash
D. Matsiash
6 goals

Arsenal missing players

Orsha missing players

Arsenal Orsha
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 12 24
15 7 2 Won W 0 4 7
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 5
3 2 0 Lost L 3 7 12
47 25 9 Scored S 3 18 32
16 6 1 Conceded C 14 27 46
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
83% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 79%
52% 45% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 62%
30% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 42% 38%
13% 27% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 33% 25%
43% 27% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 58% 58%
43% 55% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 21%
17% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 17% 25%
 
5.4 5.9 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 5.3
4.4 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 6.5 5.6
1.2 1.5 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
7.7 7.4 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.7 8.4
3.4 3.7 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.8 3.8
61% 61% 82% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 35%
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 (16) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the most scored goals (47) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the the best goal difference (+31) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Orsha have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Orsha haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 23 15 5 3 47 16 11 7 2 2 25 6 12 8 3 1 22 10 31 50
2 Belshina 24 14 5 5 46 28 13 9 2 2 29 12 11 5 3 3 17 16 18 47
3 Krumkachy 23 12 5 6 42 22 12 9 1 2 28 10 11 3 4 4 14 12 20 41
4 Dnepr Mogilev 24 10 8 6 44 29 12 6 4 2 29 15 12 4 4 4 15 14 15 38
5 Volna 24 11 5 8 36 33 12 5 1 6 19 21 12 6 4 2 17 12 3 38
6 Naftan 24 10 6 8 38 36 12 6 2 4 21 17 12 4 4 4 17 19 2 36
7 Gomelzheldortrans 24 9 8 7 37 28 12 5 4 3 23 16 12 4 4 4 14 12 9 35
8 Shakhtyor Petrikov 24 9 4 11 34 45 11 3 3 5 11 18 13 6 1 6 23 27 -11 31
9 Orsha 24 7 5 12 32 46 12 3 4 5 14 19 12 4 1 7 18 27 -14 26
10 Lida 24 3 9 12 25 47 12 0 6 6 7 21 12 3 3 6 18 26 -22 18
11 Baranovichi 24 4 5 15 23 54 12 3 4 5 14 25 12 1 1 10 9 29 -31 17
12 Slonim 24 3 7 14 24 44 12 2 3 7 10 18 12 1 4 7 14 26 -20 16

Read more about Pershaya Liga

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.