Pershaya Liga match guide: Naftan vs Volna

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Atlant (5300 seats)

All the points stay with the home side, the away team claims a mighty victory or an exciting draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table inhabitants Naftan and Volna duel at Stadyen Atlant.

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

This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of action and energy as both teams are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

Naftan's stadium, Stadyen Atlant, has a grass surface. Volna have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Volna when playing on grass; 10 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses from 28 matches. They have scored 33 goals in these games and conceded 44.

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Naftan form and stats

6-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Pershaya Liga numbers at home for Naftan so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadyen Atlant after three straight home wins.

Naftan faced defeat in their previous match, away at Belshina (0-4). 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.

Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Baranovichi.

A decent goal production from Naftan in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 12 league matches. Naftan have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Volna form and stats

As the visiting team in Pershaya Liga matches, Volna have produced an overall stat of 6-4-2 so far.

Volna delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Shakhtyor Petrikov (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Pershaya Liga game. The match against Shakhtyor Petrikov looked like a defeat for Volna, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. V. Kibuk equalized in the 90th minute.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Belshina with the score of 2-1.

The visiting Volna have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Volna have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Naftan and Volna have played each other before this season: Volna - Naftan 3-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Naftan six wins, one draw and Volna one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NaftanI. Zarobekov
I. Zarobekov
16 goals
VolnaA. Teslyuk
A. Teslyuk
10 goals
VolnaV. Kibuk
V. Kibuk
7 goals

Naftan missing players

Volna missing players

Naftan Volna
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 2 12 24
10 6 2 Won W 0 6 11
6 2 0 Drew D 1 4 5
8 4 0 Lost L 1 2 8
38 21 4 Scored S 1 17 36
36 17 2 Conceded C 2 12 33
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 75%
58% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
33% 42% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
21% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
62% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 46%
12% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 42% 33%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 25%
 
4.8 5.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 5.3 5
5.1 4.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.2 4.5
2.3 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
11.2 10.3 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.9 9.9
4 2.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.2 4.5
40% 60% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 34% 33%
Key stats in Pershaya Liga this season:
  • 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 Arsenal 23 15 5 3 47 16 11 7 2 2 25 6 12 8 3 1 22 10 31 50
2 Belshina 24 14 5 5 46 28 13 9 2 2 29 12 11 5 3 3 17 16 18 47
3 Krumkachy 23 12 5 6 42 22 12 9 1 2 28 10 11 3 4 4 14 12 20 41
4 Dnepr Mogilev 24 10 8 6 44 29 12 6 4 2 29 15 12 4 4 4 15 14 15 38
5 Volna 24 11 5 8 36 33 12 5 1 6 19 21 12 6 4 2 17 12 3 38
6 Naftan 24 10 6 8 38 36 12 6 2 4 21 17 12 4 4 4 17 19 2 36
7 Gomelzheldortrans 24 9 8 7 37 28 12 5 4 3 23 16 12 4 4 4 14 12 9 35
8 Shakhtyor Petrikov 24 9 4 11 34 45 11 3 3 5 11 18 13 6 1 6 23 27 -11 31
9 Orsha 24 7 5 12 32 46 12 3 4 5 14 19 12 4 1 7 18 27 -14 26
10 Lida 24 3 9 12 25 47 12 0 6 6 7 21 12 3 3 6 18 26 -22 18
11 Baranovichi 24 4 5 15 23 54 12 3 4 5 14 25 12 1 1 10 9 29 -31 17
12 Slonim 24 3 7 14 24 44 12 2 3 7 10 18 12 1 4 7 14 26 -20 16

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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.