Pershaya Liga game preview and facts: FC Ostrovets welcome Niva

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sat 24.Jun
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: STADYEN ASK (3000 seats)

FC Ostrovets have delivered 2 home triumphs so far, Niva have won 3 away. Which team upgrades their results after this one?

Insights:
  • FC Ostrovets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Niva have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) 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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FC Ostrovets form and stats

2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what FC Ostrovets have to build on here at STADYEN ASK in the Pershaya Liga.

FC Ostrovets shared the glory with Zhodino Yuzhnoe in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. A disappointing finish for FC Ostrovets in their match versus Zhodino Yuzhnoe as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score.

Ahead of that match, FC Ostrovets lost 1-2 at home to Vitebsk.

Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league games from these players have had at least one goal from each side.

The Ostrovets fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the FC Ostrovets defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Niva form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pershaya Liga travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Niva on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Niva's previous game was their home loss versus MKK-Dnepr (0-5). That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. Niva lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Slonim at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Niva are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Niva have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Ostrovets two wins, zero draws and Niva zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC OstrovetsA. Belevich
A. Belevich
4 goals
NivaD. Fedortsov
D. Fedortsov
4 goals
NivaP. Pampukha
P. Pampukha
4 goals

FC Ostrovets missing players

Niva missing players

FC Ostrovets Niva
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 3 Played P 2 5 11
4 2 2 Won W 0 3 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 3 1 Lost L 2 2 7
18 7 5 Scored S 1 7 15
19 9 5 Conceded C 5 8 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 40% 73%
64% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 73%
45% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 55%
27% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 40% 45%
73% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 45%
18% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 18%
9% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 36%
 
3.5 3 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.2 4.5
2.8 2.2 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 5.5
1.2 0.8 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.6 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
1.5 0.5 0.7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4.4 3.4
0.7 0.3 0.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.2 1.1
225% 350% 500% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 117% 125%
 
2.6 0.5 0.7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 3.8 3.5
1.5 0.3 0.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0.6 1.4
Key stats in Pershaya Liga this season:
  • FC Ostrovets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Niva have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Pershaya Liga
  • Niva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 10 0 1 27 9 7 6 0 1 19 7 4 4 0 0 8 2 18 30
2 Gomelzheldortrans 12 8 2 2 28 14 6 4 1 1 16 6 6 4 1 1 12 8 14 26
3 Baranovichi 12 8 1 3 21 15 5 3 1 1 9 8 7 5 0 2 12 7 6 25
4 Dnepr Mogilev 11 7 2 2 22 11 6 4 1 1 12 5 5 3 1 1 10 6 11 23
5 Vitebsk 11 6 1 4 13 8 6 2 1 3 4 3 5 4 0 1 9 5 5 19
6 MKK-Dnepr 11 5 3 3 23 14 5 1 2 2 6 8 6 4 1 1 17 6 9 18
7 Volna 12 5 3 4 16 14 6 5 1 0 13 4 6 0 2 4 3 10 2 18
8 FC Ostrovets 11 4 3 4 18 19 6 2 1 3 7 9 5 2 2 1 11 10 -1 15
9 Molodechno-DYuSSh 4 11 4 3 4 14 18 5 3 0 2 9 9 6 1 3 2 5 9 -4 15
10 Zhodino Yuzhnoe 11 3 5 3 17 15 6 2 2 2 11 9 5 1 3 1 6 6 2 14
11 Orsha 11 4 1 6 18 20 4 1 0 3 4 8 7 3 1 3 14 12 -2 13
12 Bumprom 12 3 4 5 18 21 6 2 2 2 9 8 6 1 2 3 9 13 -3 13
13 Niva 11 4 0 7 15 29 6 1 0 5 8 21 5 3 0 2 7 8 -14 12
14 Slonim 12 3 2 7 11 20 6 1 2 3 7 13 6 2 0 4 4 7 -9 11
15 Lida 11 3 1 7 13 16 7 2 1 4 10 8 4 1 0 3 3 8 -3 10
16 Shakhtyor Petrikov 11 1 2 8 11 24 5 0 2 3 5 9 6 1 0 5 6 15 -13 5
17 Osipovichy 11 1 1 9 11 29 4 0 0 4 3 9 7 1 1 5 8 20 -18 4

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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.