Pershaya Liga match guide and facts: Belshina welcome Naftan

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sat 25.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Belshina have excelled Naftan so far, but every match begins at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you need prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Belshina have the most points from losing position (12) in Pershaya Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Belshina form and stats

Belshina are steadily winning Pershaya Liga games and points here. 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games.

The Belshina crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Volna here in a Pershaya Liga match.

Before that, Belshina played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Baranovichi.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Belshina matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, zero draws and one defeat (from one game).

Belshina can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 25 times. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Naftan form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Pershaya Liga. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Naftan hope to make it five in this match.

Impressive finishing from I. Zarobekov (2), R. Volkov (2) and I. Kazakov secured the home win 5-1 against Baranovichi in their previous game. As mentioned above, Naftan was the only team on the pitch versus Baranovichi in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Lida.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Naftan when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning zero games.

The travelling fans enjoy Naftan's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Naftan have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Naftan - Belshina 0-0. Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Belshina won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Naftan managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

NaftanI. Zarobekov
I. Zarobekov
16 goals
BelshinaR. Isaev
R. Isaev
10 goals
BelshinaG. Barkovskiy
G. Barkovskiy
6 goals

Belshina missing players

Naftan missing players

Belshina Naftan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 3 11 23
13 8 1 Won W 0 4 10
5 2 1 Drew D 0 4 6
5 2 2 Lost L 3 3 7
42 25 6 Scored S 0 17 38
28 12 6 Conceded C 6 15 32
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
83% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 83%
52% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 57%
35% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 30%
26% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 22%
61% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 64% 65%
35% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 13%
13% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 36% 30%
 
6.2 6.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.5 4.8
3.9 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 5 4.7
2.5 2.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.3
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.7 10.5 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 12 11.1
4.7 5.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.1 4
39% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 42%
Key stats in Pershaya Liga this season:
  • Belshina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Belshina have the most points from losing position (12) 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 22 14 5 3 44 16 11 7 2 2 25 6 11 7 3 1 19 10 28 47
2 Belshina 23 13 5 5 42 28 12 8 2 2 25 12 11 5 3 3 17 16 14 44
3 Krumkachy 22 11 5 6 38 21 12 9 1 2 28 10 10 2 4 4 10 11 17 38
4 Dnepr Mogilev 23 10 7 6 42 27 12 6 4 2 29 15 11 4 3 4 13 12 15 37
5 Volna 23 11 4 8 34 31 11 5 0 6 17 19 12 6 4 2 17 12 3 37
6 Naftan 23 10 6 7 38 32 12 6 2 4 21 17 11 4 4 3 17 15 6 36
7 Gomelzheldortrans 23 9 8 6 37 25 11 5 4 2 23 13 12 4 4 4 14 12 12 35
8 Shakhtyor Petrikov 23 9 3 11 32 43 11 3 3 5 11 18 12 6 0 6 21 25 -11 30
9 Orsha 23 7 5 11 31 42 11 3 4 4 13 15 12 4 1 7 18 27 -11 26
10 Lida 23 3 8 12 24 46 11 0 5 6 6 20 12 3 3 6 18 26 -22 17
11 Baranovichi 23 4 4 15 21 52 11 3 3 5 12 23 12 1 1 10 9 29 -31 16
12 Slonim 23 3 6 14 23 43 12 2 3 7 10 18 11 1 3 7 13 25 -20 15

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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.