Struggling Naftan will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Arsenal in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Naftan and Arsenal.
Naftan form and stats
The story so far in the Pershaya Liga for Naftan at their home stadium (Stadyen Atlant) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Naftan to get some points in this home game. The Naftan manager T. Chopik might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The fans are hoping that Naftan will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the Pershaya Liga game against Sputnik (placed 1st). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Oshmyany (1-5).
Naftan were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Naftan as they are travelling to their away game against Granit in the Pershaya Liga. That match is four days after this one.
Naftan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Naftan defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Arsenal form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Pershaya Liga.
The supporters enjoyed Arsenal's previous game versus Volna (placed 8th), a Pershaya Liga 3-2 win played at home. A 1-2 defeat away at Sputnik before that.
Late drama in the previous game, when Y. Lovets scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Volna.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Pershaya Liga trip to Orsha.
Arsenal have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Arsenal have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Arsenal - Naftan 4-2 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kiyko 6 goals |  D. Tamelo 4 goals |  A. Miroevski 4 goals |
Naftan missing players
Arsenal missing players
| Naftan | Arsenal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 32 |
| 36 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 80% |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 45% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 11% | 25% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 58% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 25% |
| 26% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 113 | 69 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 56 | 148 |
| 45 | 20 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 27 | 77 |
| 49% | 60% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | 38% |
- Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Naftan has the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Pershaya Liga
- Naftan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Naftan 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 | 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 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 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 | Oshmyany | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Volna | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -6 | 25 |
| 9 | Lida | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Slonim | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 23 |
| 11 | Orsha | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 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 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 6 |
| 14 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 27 | -34 | -1 |