Struggling Naftan will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Gomel in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Naftan form and stats
Naftan have collected 17 points from their Pershaya Liga home games so far after 5-2-4. Two home wins in a row for Naftan bring valid hopes of a third.
Heartbreak before that as Naftan lost 0-1 at Smorgon's place.
Naftan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Naftan have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Gomel form and stats
Gomel, who have the most scored goals (55) in Pershaya Liga, have an excellent away record in the Pershaya Liga so far with 8-3-0 from 11 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Slavia game have they lost an away game, meaning Gomel has taken points from twelve away matches in a row. Gomel have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of eight victories in a row regardless of arena.
Gomel are a potent attacking force on the road with their 28 goals in 11 league games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Gomel - Naftan 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Naftan four wins, three draws and Gomel three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Vaskov 14 goals |  D. Gomza 13 goals |  A. Kleschenok 5 goals |
Naftan missing players
Gomel missing players
| Naftan | Gomel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 28 | 55 |
| 39 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 79% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 58% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 50% |
| 25% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 33% |
| 21% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 21% |
| 54% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 50% |
| 25% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 45% | 42% |
| 25% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 124 | 77 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 85 | 215 |
| 52 | 26 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 36 | 96 |
| 62% | 62% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 78% | 57% |
- All of Gomel's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gomel has the most scored goals (28) away in Pershaya Liga
- Gomel has the most scored goals (55) in Pershaya Liga
- Gomel has the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Pershaya Liga
- Gomel has the the best goal difference (+22) away in Pershaya Liga
- Gomel has the the best goal difference (+36) in Pershaya Liga
- Gomel have not yet lost a game away.
- Gomel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gomel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Gomel have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Gomel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 28 | 55 |
| 2 | Gomel | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 36 | 48 |
| 3 | Krumkachy | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 46 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | Gomelzheldortrans | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 39 |
| 6 | Smorgon | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Lida | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Slonim | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 29 |
| 9 | Oshmyany | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 10 | Volna | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 49 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -11 | 25 |
| 11 | Orsha | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -11 | 21 |
| 12 | Naftan | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | Granit | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -26 | 17 |
| 14 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 24 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 27 | -35 | 1 |