It's still early in the Pershaya Liga season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Naftan - Volna preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that Volna play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Volna on grass are 7 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats from 29 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 24-45. You can compare this with overall results below.
Naftan form and stats
Naftan have only played one Pershaya Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 13 matches.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Baranovichi in a game that was won 2-0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Dnepr Mogilev are coming to town in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Naftan's 1 home game: 2 goals, 0 conceded.
Volna form and stats
Only one away game in the Pershaya Liga so far for Volna and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 7 losses from 13 travels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Belshina.
A new game in only three days for Volna, the Pershaya Liga home match versus Gomelzheldortrans. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Volna has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Naftan, one draw and zero wins for Volna. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Zarobekov 1 goals |  E. Troyakov 1 goals | D. Kovalevich 1 goals |
Naftan missing players
Volna missing players
| Naftan | Volna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 11 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| Naftan | Last season | Volna | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Conceded | C | 25 | 52 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 81% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 85% | ||
| 62% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 65% | ||
| 27% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 54% | ||
| 23% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 35% | ||
| 54% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 69% | ||
| 27% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 23% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 23% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 62% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 55% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Naftan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Orsha | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Dnepr Mogilev | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Krumkachy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Volna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Shakhtyor Petrikov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Lida | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Belshina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Slonim | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Gomelzheldortrans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Baranovichi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 32 | 61 |
| 2 | Gomel | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 40 | 54 |
| 3 | Krumkachy | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 52 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 46 |
| 5 | Gomelzheldortrans | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 18 | 45 |
| 6 | Smorgon | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 36 |
| 7 | Lida | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 31 |
| 8 | Slonim | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 30 |
| 9 | Volna | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -11 | 27 |
| 10 | Oshmyany | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| 11 | Orsha | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -12 | 24 |
| 12 | Naftan | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Granit | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 32 | -31 | 17 |
| 14 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 27 | -40 | 1 |