Match preview Pershaya Liga: Smorgon - Orsha

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sat 05.September
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Smorgon fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Orsha.

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.

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Smorgon form and stats

Overall Pershaya Liga stats at home this season for Smorgon are 3-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).

Before that, Smorgon drew at home versus Arsenal.

A very satisfying win for Smorgon against Volna last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through E. Savostjanov's goal in the 90th minute. A late climax in the match against Volna as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by E. Savostjanov.

Smorgon are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Smorgon are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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Orsha form and stats

Playing away, Orsha have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pershaya Liga this season.

Orsha's previous game was their home loss versus Ynergetyk-BDU (1-6). A loss against Naftan was the result prior to that, in a Pershaya Liga home game.

Orsha lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one.

Orsha have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 5 goals have been scored. Orsha have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Orsha - Smorgon 0-0 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Smorgon won two, Orsha won five and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SmorgonE. Savostyanov
E. Savostyanov
4 goals
OrshaG. Zheleznikov
G. Zheleznikov
4 goals
OrshaN. Shugunkov
N. Shugunkov
3 goals

Smorgon missing players

Orsha missing players

Smorgon Orsha
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 3 5 13
6 3 1 Won W 1 1 4
5 2 0 Drew D 2 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 5
16 8 2 Scored S 4 5 14
11 4 0 Conceded C 3 6 17
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 77%
64% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 69%
21% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 46%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 31%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 15%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 38%
43% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 31%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 54%
 
3.2 3.8 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3 4
5.2 4.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.8 5.9
3.2 3.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3.2 2.8
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
97 57 12 Total Shots T S 17 25 87
44 28 9 Shots on Target S O 7 10 37
30% 29% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 50% 38%
Key stats in Pershaya Liga this season:
  • Orsha have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Smorgon has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
  • Smorgon has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
  • Smorgon has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
  • Smorgon has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
  • Smorgon has the most matches under the total-line (11)
  • Smorgon have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Smorgon have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Smorgon haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 14 9 4 1 20 10 8 6 1 1 11 7 6 3 3 0 9 3 10 31
2 Arsenal 14 8 3 3 23 13 8 6 1 1 18 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 10 27
3 Krumkachy 14 8 2 4 27 17 8 5 2 1 15 8 6 3 0 3 12 9 10 26
4 Gomel 14 8 4 2 32 12 8 4 2 2 17 9 6 4 2 0 15 3 20 23
5 Gomelzheldortrans 14 6 5 3 28 23 8 3 4 1 17 9 6 3 1 2 11 14 5 23
6 Smorgon 14 6 5 3 16 11 6 3 2 1 8 4 8 3 3 2 8 7 5 23
7 Volna 14 5 2 7 21 25 8 2 2 4 15 16 6 3 0 3 6 9 -4 17
8 Lida 14 5 4 5 22 22 7 4 2 1 13 6 7 1 2 4 9 16 0 16
9 Oshmyany 14 3 5 6 17 18 6 1 3 2 5 6 8 2 2 4 12 12 -1 14
10 Orsha 13 4 4 5 14 17 8 3 2 3 9 11 5 1 2 2 5 6 -3 13
11 Slonim 13 3 3 7 8 19 7 3 1 3 6 9 6 0 2 4 2 10 -11 12
12 Granit 14 2 3 9 11 25 6 2 1 3 6 7 8 0 2 6 5 18 -14 9
13 Naftan 14 5 5 4 21 18 7 3 2 2 10 7 7 2 3 2 11 11 3 5
14 Khimik Svetlogorsk 14 0 1 13 5 35 2 0 0 2 1 8 12 0 1 11 4 27 -30 -8

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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.