All you need to know about the Volna - Naftan game:

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sat 17.July
Match begins: 13:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Valna (3136 seats)

A quick look at the Pershaya Liga table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Get our Volna - Naftan preview!

Insights:
  • Volna have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Pershaya Liga
  • Naftan is in the best form (4-1-1)

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Naftan play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Naftan when playing on artifical turf are 8 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from 13 matches. They have scored 32 goals and conceded 17 times in these games.

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Volna form and stats

When playing at home in the Pershaya Liga, Volna have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Volna after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Volna are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Shakhtyor Petrikov.

Before that, Volna had a home game versus Belshina which ended with a victory 6-2.

Volna have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadyen Valna with 11 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, Volna have conceded 8 goals.

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Naftan form and stats

Playing away, Naftan, who have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Pershaya Liga, have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Pershaya Liga this season. Naftan love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Naftan played 2-2 against Dinamo Brest (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) in their previous match. It looked so good for Naftan vs Dinamo Brest (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties), but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Preceding that game was the away Pershaya Liga victory against Baranovichi with the score of 6-1.

The travelling fans enjoy Naftan's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by Naftan in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Naftan - Volna 1-4 entered in the official records. Volna-Naftan H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Volna one win, Naftan five wins, one draw. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

NaftanI. Zarobekov
I. Zarobekov
8 goals
VolnaA. Teslyuk
A. Teslyuk
7 goals
VolnaV. Kibuk
V. Kibuk
4 goals

Volna missing players

Naftan missing players

Volna Naftan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
7 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
1 0 0 Drew D 1 3 3
5 3 1 Lost L 1 1 4
21 11 7 Scored S 1 10 19
15 8 4 Conceded C 3 6 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
77% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 92%
38% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
23% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 25%
15% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
38% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 67%
38% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 17%
23% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 25%
 
5.5 5.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 3.7
4.3 3.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6 5.3
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.8 10.7 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.2 9.7
4.7 5.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.3 3.1
34% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 51%
Key stats in Pershaya Liga this season:
  • Naftan have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Pershaya Liga
  • Naftan is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Volna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Volna have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pershaya Liga
  • Volna have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Pershaya Liga
  • Volna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 13 8 3 2 25 6 8 6 1 1 20 4 5 2 2 1 5 2 19 27
2 Arsenal 13 8 2 3 24 10 7 5 0 2 16 4 6 3 2 1 8 6 14 26
3 Volna 13 7 1 5 21 15 6 3 0 3 11 8 7 4 1 2 10 7 6 22
4 Gomelzheldortrans 13 6 4 3 18 12 6 3 2 1 10 6 7 3 2 2 8 6 6 22
5 Belshina 12 6 3 3 19 16 7 4 2 1 13 7 5 2 1 2 6 9 3 21
6 Dnepr Mogilev 13 5 4 4 18 12 7 3 3 1 12 6 6 2 1 3 6 6 6 19
7 Shakhtyor Petrikov 13 6 1 6 17 20 8 3 1 4 9 14 5 3 0 2 8 6 -3 19
8 Naftan 12 5 3 4 19 16 6 3 0 3 9 10 6 2 3 1 10 6 3 18
9 Orsha 13 3 3 7 14 26 7 2 3 2 9 10 6 1 0 5 5 16 -12 12
10 Lida 13 2 5 6 13 24 6 0 3 3 4 10 7 2 2 3 9 14 -11 11
11 Slonim 13 2 4 7 11 22 7 2 2 3 4 5 6 0 2 4 7 17 -11 10
12 Baranovichi 13 2 1 10 10 30 2 1 0 1 2 6 11 1 1 9 8 24 -20 7

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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.