Granit fights Naftan in Pershaya Liga battle

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sun 25.October
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Poles'e (3100 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Pershaya Liga, with both Granit and Naftan experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 13th place.

Naftan could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Pershaya Liga game only four sleeps ago.

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Granit form and stats

Granit have collected 11 points from their Pershaya Liga home games so far after 3-2-5.

The Granit fans got no joy from their last match, a Pershaya Liga game also here at Stadyen Poles'e: A 1-3 defeat against Oshmyany (placed 8th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-5 away at Smorgon.

Granit aren't scoring a lot here at Stadyen Poles'e in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. On the other hand, Granit have conceded 12 goals.

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Naftan form and stats

Naftan have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Pershaya Liga, after 2-4-4 (10 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Naftan are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The supporters enjoyed Naftan's previous game versus Arsenal (placed 4th), a Pershaya Liga 2-1 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sputnik wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.

Naftan are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). For Naftan, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Naftan - Granit 3-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Granit, four draws and five wins for Naftan. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

NaftanD. Tamelo
D. Tamelo
4 goals
NaftanD. Trapashko
D. Trapashko
4 goals

Granit missing players

Naftan missing players

Granit Naftan
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
4 3 1 Won W 1 2 6
4 2 1 Drew D 1 4 6
13 5 1 Lost L 0 4 8
18 9 4 Scored S 4 13 27
40 12 4 Conceded C 2 22 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
81% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 85%
57% 40% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 65%
24% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 30%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 25%
62% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 60%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 20%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
128 74 23 Total Shots T S 22 44 121
52 34 9 Shots on Target S O 12 25 51
33% 26% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 40% 47%
Key stats in Pershaya Liga this season:
  • Granit has the fewest points from losing position (1) in Pershaya Liga
  • Granit have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Granit haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Naftan has the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Pershaya Liga

  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 20 14 4 2 36 13 11 9 1 1 23 9 9 5 3 1 13 4 23 46
2 Krumkachy 20 12 4 4 37 21 10 7 2 1 18 8 10 5 2 3 19 13 16 40
3 Gomel 21 13 5 3 46 17 12 7 2 3 25 13 9 6 3 0 21 4 29 39
4 Arsenal 21 9 7 5 33 24 11 7 3 1 23 11 10 2 4 4 10 13 9 34
5 Gomelzheldortrans 21 9 6 6 40 34 11 4 5 2 21 13 10 5 1 4 19 21 6 33
6 Smorgon 20 8 6 6 23 16 9 4 2 3 13 7 11 4 4 3 10 9 7 30
7 Slonim 21 7 5 9 17 25 10 4 3 3 9 10 11 3 2 6 8 15 -8 26
8 Oshmyany 21 6 7 8 33 30 10 3 4 3 18 15 11 3 3 5 15 15 3 25
9 Volna 21 7 4 10 35 41 11 3 3 5 20 22 10 4 1 5 15 19 -6 25
10 Lida 21 7 6 8 30 32 10 4 3 3 15 11 11 3 3 5 15 21 -2 24
11 Orsha 21 5 6 10 20 31 11 3 3 5 10 16 10 2 3 5 10 15 -11 18
12 Granit 21 4 4 13 18 40 10 3 2 5 9 12 11 1 2 8 9 28 -22 16
13 Naftan 20 6 6 8 27 37 10 4 2 4 14 15 10 2 4 4 13 22 -10 9
14 Khimik Svetlogorsk 21 2 2 17 12 46 9 2 1 6 8 19 12 0 1 11 4 27 -34 -1

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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.