Belshina favourites for feisty fight facing Arsenal

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sun 24.October
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)

A total of 27 sets of games are finished and both Belshina and Arsenal are at the right end of the league table. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Belshina have the most scored goals (54) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Pershaya Liga

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Pershaya Liga game only four days ago.

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Belshina form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 14 Pershaya Liga games here for Belshina. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Two home wins in a row for Belshina bring valid hopes of a third.

It's back home for Belshina, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Krumkachy away with the result 3-1. D. Velisevich, I. Chesnokov and R. Isaev found the net in that victory.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Slonim in a game that was won 4-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Belshina have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won zero times, drawn one and lost one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (33 in 14 games), Belshina's attacking play is working. Belshina have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Arsenal form and stats

Arsenal's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Arsenal collect 30 points from their 13 away matches in the Pershaya Liga. 9 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Arsenal are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.

Arsenal failed to get anything from their last game, a Pershaya Liga home match vs Krumkachy (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-2.

Before that, Arsenal secured a home win against Baranovichi with the score 2-0.

Arsenal are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and one defeat. From a total of three matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Arsenal's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 13 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Arsenal as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other previously this season, with the final score Arsenal - Belshina 4-1 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Belshina one win, zero draws and Arsenal one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BelshinaR. Isaev
R. Isaev
12 goals
ArsenalA. Kiyko
A. Kiyko
12 goals
BelshinaI. Vasilyev
I. Vasilyev
8 goals

Belshina missing players

Arsenal missing players

Belshina Arsenal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 2 Played P 2 13 27
16 10 2 Won W 1 9 18
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
6 2 0 Lost L 0 1 4
54 33 5 Scored S 2 23 53
32 12 1 Conceded C 1 10 20
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
85% 93% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 81%
59% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 54% 48%
44% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 30%
22% 21% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
59% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 41%
37% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 44%
11% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 19%
 
6.5 7.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.8 5.2
4.1 4.4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 4
2.4 2.4 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.3
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10 11.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8 7.7
4.8 5.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.1 3.4
42% 43% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 59% 58%
Key stats in Pershaya Liga this season:
  • Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arsenal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arsenal have the fewest conceded goals (10) away 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 points (30) away in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal have the the best goal difference (+33) in Pershaya Liga
  • Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Arsenal is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Belshina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Belshina have the most points (32) at home in Pershaya Liga
  • Belshina have the most scored goals (54) in Pershaya Liga
  • Belshina have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in Pershaya Liga
  • Belshina haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Arsenal 27 18 5 4 53 20 14 9 2 3 30 10 13 9 3 1 23 10 33 59
2 Belshina 27 16 5 6 54 32 14 10 2 2 33 12 13 6 3 4 21 20 22 53
3 Krumkachy 27 15 5 7 52 27 14 10 1 3 33 13 13 5 4 4 19 14 25 50
4 Dnepr Mogilev 27 12 9 6 51 32 14 8 4 2 35 17 13 4 5 4 16 15 19 45
5 Volna 27 12 6 9 40 37 13 6 1 6 21 21 14 6 5 3 19 16 3 42
6 Gomelzheldortrans 27 11 8 8 41 32 13 6 4 3 25 17 14 5 4 5 16 15 9 41
7 Naftan 27 11 8 8 42 39 14 6 4 4 23 19 13 5 4 4 19 20 3 41
8 Shakhtyor Petrikov 27 10 5 12 37 47 13 4 3 6 14 20 14 6 2 6 23 27 -10 35
9 Orsha 27 7 6 14 35 51 13 3 5 5 14 19 14 4 1 9 21 32 -16 27
10 Baranovichi 27 5 5 17 27 59 13 3 4 6 16 28 14 2 1 11 11 31 -32 20
11 Lida 27 3 9 15 25 54 13 0 6 7 7 22 14 3 3 8 18 32 -29 18
12 Slonim 27 3 7 17 25 52 14 2 3 9 11 22 13 1 4 8 14 30 -27 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.