Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Gomelzheldortrans in 5th and Volna in 7th place.
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!
This pitch has grass, which is not Volna's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Volna have performed like this: Played 26 matches resulting in 9 wins, 7 draws and 10 defeats with the goal stats 22-39 (scored/conceded).
Gomelzheldortrans form and stats
Gomelzheldortrans have played 9 Pershaya Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Gomelzheldortrans faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sputnik (1-5). In the match before that, Gomelzheldortrans hosted Arsenal and drew the game 1-1.
Gomelzheldortrans were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gomelzheldortrans handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and zero defeats.
The Gomelzheldortrans manager A. Gorovtsov has got the team scoring with 18 from 9 home games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Volna form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pershaya Liga travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pershaya Liga home defeat versus Gomel with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Khimik Svetlogorsk with the score of 2-1.
We have checked recent matches where Volna have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were two victories, zero draws and zero defeats.
Volna has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Volna have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Volna - Gomelzheldortrans 2-3 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Gomelzheldortrans eight wins, one draw and Volna zero victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Solovey 11 goals | P. Klenye 6 goals |  I. Zarobekov 6 goals |
Gomelzheldortrans missing players
Volna missing players
| Gomelzheldortrans | Volna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 35 | 18 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 31 |
| 31 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 35 |
| 94% | 89% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 89% | 89% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 83% |
| 61% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 56% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 39% |
| 67% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 22% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 17% |
| 17% | 11% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 147 | 65 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 53 | 101 |
| 68 | 31 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 26 | 49 |
| 50% | 55% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 50% | 51% |
- Volna 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 | Sputnik | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 40 |
| 2 | Krumkachy | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Gomel | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 24 | 33 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | Gomelzheldortrans | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Smorgon | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Volna | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Lida | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Slonim | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | Oshmyany | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Orsha | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Granit | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 13 |
| 13 | Naftan | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 27 | -34 | -4 |