Stadyen Atlant: Naftan vs Volna Pershaya Liga preview

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Atlant (5300 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Pershaya Liga, Naftan holding 13th place and Volna lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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; 8 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses from 25 matches. They have scored 21 goals in these games and conceded 39.

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Naftan form and stats

The story so far in the Pershaya Liga for Naftan at their home stadium (Stadyen Atlant) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

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

Naftan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Naftan have conceded 15 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Volna form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Pershaya Liga. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Volna have lost on their last two travels.

Volna play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Arsenal (placed 4th). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Krumkachy.

Volna were so close to getting something from the game against Arsenal, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime.

The travelling fans enjoy Volna's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. Volna have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Naftan and Volna have met before this season: Volna - Naftan 1-2. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Naftan, one draw and zero wins for Volna. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

VolnaI. Zarobekov
I. Zarobekov
9 goals
NaftanA. Kleschenok
A. Kleschenok
4 goals
NaftanD. Tamelo
D. Tamelo
4 goals

Naftan missing players

Volna missing players

Naftan Volna
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
7 4 2 Won W 2 4 7
6 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
8 4 0 Lost L 0 5 10
29 14 6 Scored S 3 15 35
38 15 0 Conceded C 1 19 41
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
86% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 81%
67% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 67%
29% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 52%
24% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 30% 38%
62% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 67%
19% 20% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 14%
24% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
121 77 9 Total Shots T S 12 65 123
51 26 5 Shots on Target S O 6 31 58
47% 54% 120% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 48% 50%
Key stats in Pershaya Liga this season:
  • 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.
  • Volna has the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Pershaya Liga
  • Volna haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Sputnik 20 14 4 2 36 13 11 9 1 1 23 9 9 5 3 1 13 4 23 46
2 Gomel 22 14 5 3 49 18 12 7 2 3 25 13 10 7 3 0 24 5 31 42
3 Krumkachy 21 12 4 5 38 23 10 7 2 1 18 8 11 5 2 4 20 15 15 40
4 Arsenal 22 10 7 5 34 24 11 7 3 1 23 11 11 3 4 4 11 13 10 37
5 Gomelzheldortrans 22 9 6 7 40 37 11 4 5 2 21 13 11 5 1 5 19 24 3 33
6 Smorgon 21 8 6 7 24 19 10 4 2 4 14 10 11 4 4 3 10 9 5 30
7 Slonim 22 8 5 9 20 25 11 5 3 3 12 10 11 3 2 6 8 15 -5 29
8 Lida 22 8 6 8 32 33 11 5 3 3 17 12 11 3 3 5 15 21 -1 27
9 Oshmyany 22 6 8 8 33 30 11 3 5 3 18 15 11 3 3 5 15 15 3 26
10 Volna 21 7 4 10 35 41 11 3 3 5 20 22 10 4 1 5 15 19 -6 25
11 Orsha 22 5 6 11 20 32 12 3 3 6 10 17 10 2 3 5 10 15 -12 18
12 Granit 22 4 4 14 19 42 11 3 2 6 10 14 11 1 2 8 9 28 -23 16
13 Naftan 21 7 6 8 29 38 10 4 2 4 14 15 11 3 4 4 15 23 -9 12
14 Khimik Svetlogorsk 22 2 3 17 12 46 9 2 1 6 8 19 13 0 2 11 4 27 -34 0

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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.