Evenly matched teams: Orsha vs Smorgon match preview

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sat 02.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Haradski (2852 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Pershaya Liga table has to be read with caution. So far Orsha find themselves in 7th position and Smorgon are placed 3rd.

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!

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Orsha form and stats

Orsha have only played one Pershaya Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 14 matches.

No payout for Orsha in their previous match, an away game at Slonim that ended in defeat 1-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Lida in a game that was won 3-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Orsha have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost three.

At Stadyen Haradski, Orsha has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Smorgon form and stats

One match played away so far in the Pershaya Liga for Smorgon and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from 14 games.

The supporters enjoyed Smorgon's previous game versus Volna (placed 12th), a Pershaya Liga 2-0 win played at home. A 1-1 draw at Sputnik's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Smorgon playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were zero Smorgon wins, three draws and zero defeats.

1 goal so far away for Smorgon, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Orsha five wins, two draws and Smorgon three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SmorgonV. Kozko
V. Kozko
7 goals

Orsha missing players

Smorgon missing players

Orsha Smorgon
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 3 0 Scored S 1 1 3
4 2 0 Conceded C 1 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3.5
4.5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 7
4.5 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11 5 0 Total Shots T S 8 8 22
8 5 0 Shots on Target S O 5 5 13
50% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 23%
Orsha Last season Smorgon
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
9 4   Won W   2 4
4 3   Drew D   2 6
15 7   Lost L   10 18
33 11   Scored S   14 27
61 22   Conceded C   40 63
89% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 86%
79% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 75%
64% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   79% 68%
43% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   64% 46%
29% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 25%
57% 43%   BTTS BTTS   50% 46%
21% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 18%
32% 43%   Failed to Score F T   50% 50%
 
2.2 2.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 3.5
4.4 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 3.9
1.3 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.4
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
95 75   Total Shots T S   56 123
38 31   Shots on Target S O   13 38
55% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   54% 50%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krumkachy 2 2 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 7 6
2 Gomelzheldortrans 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 6 6
3 Smorgon 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
4 Slonim 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
5 Sputnik 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Oshmyany 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
7 Orsha 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
8 Arsenal 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
9 Naftan 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
10 Lida 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1
11 Gomel 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
12 Volna 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
13 Granit 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0
14 Khimik Svetlogorsk 2 0 0 2 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 -9 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 Belshina 28 21 5 2 74 22 14 10 2 2 41 13 14 11 3 0 33 9 52 68
2 Smolevichy-STI 28 19 7 2 60 15 14 9 4 1 29 10 14 10 3 1 31 5 45 64
3 Ruh Brest 28 15 11 2 65 26 14 7 5 2 31 14 14 8 6 0 34 12 39 56
4 Gomelzheldortrans 28 17 5 6 60 24 14 11 1 2 34 9 14 6 4 4 26 15 36 56
5 Naftan 28 13 8 7 58 43 14 5 7 2 29 23 14 8 1 5 29 20 15 47
6 Sputnik 28 13 6 9 46 36 14 7 3 4 24 19 14 6 3 5 22 17 10 45
7 Lida 28 12 8 8 49 32 14 8 3 3 31 13 14 4 5 5 18 19 17 44
8 Krumkachy 28 11 7 10 41 38 14 5 3 6 21 24 14 6 4 4 20 14 3 40
9 Granit 28 9 8 11 38 41 14 5 6 3 21 22 14 4 2 8 17 19 -3 35
10 Orsha 28 9 4 15 33 61 14 4 3 7 11 22 14 5 1 8 22 39 -28 31
11 Khimik Svetlogorsk 28 7 5 16 26 59 14 6 2 6 15 17 14 1 3 10 11 42 -33 26
12 Volna 28 5 6 17 29 49 14 3 2 9 18 27 14 2 4 8 11 22 -20 21
13 Slonim 28 4 9 15 18 47 14 4 3 7 12 22 14 0 6 8 6 25 -29 21
14 Smorgon 28 4 6 18 27 63 14 2 4 8 13 23 14 2 2 10 14 40 -36 18
15 Baranovichi 28 2 3 23 12 80 14 1 1 12 7 41 14 1 2 11 5 39 -68 9

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.