Football betting preview: Lida vs Naftan

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen GSK Junatstva

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Lida are in the 8th position while the guesting Naftan worry at 13th.

It should be mentioned that Naftan play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Naftan on artifical turf are 5 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats from 14 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 21-18. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Lida form and stats

Lida are steadily winning Pershaya Liga games and points here at Stadyen GSK Junatstva. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.

Stress levels are on the rise for Lida's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. Y. Senkevich was their last goal scorer.

The Lida fans got no joy from their last match, a Pershaya Liga game also here at Stadyen GSK Junatstva: A 0-1 defeat against Volna (placed 7th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sputnik (0-1).

A decent goal production from Lida in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Lida are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadyen GSK Junatstva in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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Naftan form and stats

Playing away, Naftan have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pershaya Liga this season. 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. Momentum is building for Naftan in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

253 minutes! That's how long the Naftan goalkeeper Aleksandr Shubin and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two travels in a row for Naftan, whose manager T. Chopik could celebrate last time after the Pershaya Liga win against Orsha. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Khimik Svetlogorsk.

Naftan has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. In the opposite end, Naftan have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Naftan - Lida 1-1, played this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Lida, one draw and one win for Naftan. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

LidaR. Slesarev
R. Slesarev
3 goals
LidaV. Karp
V. Karp
3 goals
NaftanD. Trapashko
D. Trapashko
3 goals

Lida missing players

Naftan missing players

Lida Naftan
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 6 13
5 4 1 Won W 1 2 5
3 1 1 Drew D 1 2 4
5 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
20 11 3 Scored S 2 9 19
20 4 0 Conceded C 1 9 16
92% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 92%
62% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 77%
54% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 54%
38% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 15%
23% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 15%
54% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 46%
23% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 31%
31% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 31%
 
4.3 4.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.6 6.2
5.2 4.7 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5 3.5
2.2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 2.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
110 61 16 Total Shots T S 1 35 89
46 26 7 Shots on Target S O 0 20 36
43% 42% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 47%
Key stats in Pershaya Liga this season:
  • Lida have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Sputnik 13 8 4 1 19 10 7 5 1 1 10 7 6 3 3 0 9 3 9 28
2 Arsenal 13 7 3 3 20 13 7 5 1 1 15 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 7 24
3 Krumkachy 13 7 2 4 26 17 7 4 2 1 14 8 6 3 0 3 12 9 9 23
4 Gomelzheldortrans 13 6 5 2 27 19 7 3 4 0 16 5 6 3 1 2 11 14 8 23
5 Gomel 13 7 4 2 28 11 8 4 2 2 17 9 5 3 2 0 11 2 17 20
6 Smorgon 13 5 5 3 13 9 6 3 2 1 8 4 7 2 3 2 5 5 4 20
7 Volna 13 5 2 6 19 22 7 2 2 3 13 13 6 3 0 3 6 9 -3 17
8 Lida 13 5 3 5 20 20 6 4 1 1 11 4 7 1 2 4 9 16 0 15
9 Oshmyany 13 3 5 5 17 17 6 1 3 2 5 6 7 2 2 3 12 11 0 14
10 Orsha 13 4 4 5 14 17 8 3 2 3 9 11 5 1 2 2 5 6 -3 13
11 Slonim 13 3 3 7 8 19 7 3 1 3 6 9 6 0 2 4 2 10 -11 12
12 Granit 13 2 3 8 11 22 6 2 1 3 6 7 7 0 2 5 5 15 -11 9
13 Naftan 13 5 4 4 19 16 7 3 2 2 10 7 6 2 2 2 9 9 3 4
14 Khimik Svetlogorsk 13 0 1 12 5 34 2 0 0 2 1 8 11 0 1 10 4 26 -29 -8

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.