Soccer match preview: Home fans have high hopes when Naftan welcome Lida

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Atlant (5300 seats)

Naftan have 30 and 17 so far in the Pershaya Liga. Are we looking at a home win?

Insights:
  • Naftan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

This ground has grass, unlike Lida's home stadium. The previous 28 games by the visitors on grass have generated 14 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses.

Naftan can neither be promoted or relegated from Pershaya Liga. For Lida most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Naftan form and stats

When playing at home in the Pershaya Liga, Naftan have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.

Happy days for Naftan in their previous game, a Pershaya Liga match away at Orsha (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

Before that, Naftan had a home game versus Gomelzheldortrans which ended with a victory 2-1.

Naftan are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew zero and lost zero.

Naftan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. On the other hand, Naftan have conceded 14 goals.

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Lida form and stats

As the visiting team in Pershaya Liga matches, Lida have produced an overall stat of 3-3-4 so far.

The manager S. Petrushevski was unhappy after their last game, a Pershaya Liga match played at their home ground Stadyen Start. Lida suffered a 0-4 loss to Belshina (placed 1st). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Belshina was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Prior to that result Lida won their away game at Baranovichi. The scoreline was 4-0.

Lida have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 14 goals have been scored. As for defending, Lida rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Naftan and Lida have met already this season: Lida - Naftan 1-2. Statistics for the previous seven meetings featuring these two contenders are: two wins for Naftan, two draws and three wins for Lida. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

NaftanI. Zarobekov
I. Zarobekov
13 goals
NaftanD. Tamelo
D. Tamelo
5 goals
LidaM. Loiqov
M. Loiqov
5 goals

Naftan missing players

Lida missing players

Naftan Lida
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
8 4 2 Won W 1 3 3
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 8
7 4 0 Lost L 1 4 10
30 13 7 Scored S 4 14 20
29 14 3 Conceded C 7 19 39
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
81% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 86%
52% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 52%
24% 30% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 38%
14% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 10%
62% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 57%
14% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 14%
33% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 38%
 
4.5 4.5 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 4.6
4.9 4.7 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.8 6.9
2.4 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.1 10.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.8 7.7
3.9 2.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.3 3.2
37% 50% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 47% 33%
Key stats in Pershaya Liga this season:
  • Lida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lida haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Naftan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Belshina 21 13 4 4 40 25 11 8 2 1 24 10 10 5 2 3 16 15 15 43
2 Arsenal 20 12 5 3 37 16 10 6 2 2 21 6 10 6 3 1 16 10 21 41
3 Krumkachy 20 10 5 5 35 17 10 8 1 1 25 6 10 2 4 4 10 11 18 35
4 Volna 21 10 4 7 32 27 10 5 0 5 17 16 11 5 4 2 15 11 5 34
5 Gomelzheldortrans 21 8 7 6 33 23 11 5 4 2 23 13 10 3 3 4 10 10 10 31
6 Dnepr Mogilev 21 8 7 6 32 23 10 4 4 2 19 11 11 4 3 4 13 12 9 31
7 Naftan 21 8 6 7 30 29 10 4 2 4 13 14 11 4 4 3 17 15 1 30
8 Shakhtyor Petrikov 21 9 3 9 30 36 11 3 3 5 11 18 10 6 0 4 19 18 -6 30
9 Orsha 21 6 5 10 25 34 11 3 4 4 13 15 10 3 1 6 12 19 -9 23
10 Lida 21 3 8 10 20 39 11 0 5 6 6 20 10 3 3 4 14 19 -19 17
11 Baranovichi 21 4 3 14 19 46 10 3 2 5 11 22 11 1 1 9 8 24 -27 15
12 Slonim 21 3 5 13 19 37 10 2 2 6 6 12 11 1 3 7 13 25 -18 14

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.