Volna vs Smorgon match preview

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Competition: Belarus Pershaya Liga
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Valna (3136 seats)

Volna and Smorgon have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Pershaya Liga.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Smorgon have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-3-5 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.

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Volna form and stats

2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pershaya Liga numbers at home for Volna, who have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Pershaya Liga, so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Volna, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Happy days for Volna in their previous game, a Pershaya Liga match away at Lida (placed 8th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Orsha that was lost 2-3.

Volna have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadyen Valna with 13 goals in 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.

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Smorgon form and stats

2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Smorgon in their Pershaya Liga matches away.

There were no winners in Smorgon's previous match, a Pershaya Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Arsenal (placed 2nd). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Krumkachy wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Smorgon - Volna 2-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Volna victories, four draws and four Smorgon wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VolnaI. Zarobekov
I. Zarobekov
6 goals
VolnaD. Kovalevich
D. Kovalevich
3 goals
SmorgonE. Savostyanov
E. Savostyanov
3 goals

Volna missing players

Smorgon missing players

Volna Smorgon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 1 7 13
5 2 1 Won W 0 2 5
2 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
6 3 0 Lost L 0 2 3
19 13 3 Scored S 1 5 13
22 13 2 Conceded C 1 5 9
92% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 92%
77% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 43% 62%
54% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 15%
46% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 57% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 46%
23% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 46%
23% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 15%
 
5.2 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.6 3.2
5 3.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.7 5.2
2.1 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 3.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
82 42 10 Total Shots T S 4 40 97
36 20 3 Shots on Target S O 0 16 44
50% 60% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 30%
Key stats in Pershaya Liga this season:
  • Smorgon has the fewest conceded goals (9)
  • 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 conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Smorgon have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Volna has the most conceded goals (13) at home
  • Volna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Volna have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Smorgon have scored 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 13 8 4 1 19 10 7 5 1 1 10 7 6 3 3 0 9 3 9 28
2 Arsenal 13 7 3 3 20 13 7 5 1 1 15 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 7 24
3 Krumkachy 13 7 2 4 26 17 7 4 2 1 14 8 6 3 0 3 12 9 9 23
4 Gomelzheldortrans 13 6 5 2 27 19 7 3 4 0 16 5 6 3 1 2 11 14 8 23
5 Gomel 13 7 4 2 28 11 8 4 2 2 17 9 5 3 2 0 11 2 17 20
6 Smorgon 13 5 5 3 13 9 6 3 2 1 8 4 7 2 3 2 5 5 4 20
7 Volna 13 5 2 6 19 22 7 2 2 3 13 13 6 3 0 3 6 9 -3 17
8 Lida 13 5 3 5 20 20 6 4 1 1 11 4 7 1 2 4 9 16 0 15
9 Oshmyany 13 3 5 5 17 17 6 1 3 2 5 6 7 2 2 3 12 11 0 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 13 2 3 8 11 22 6 2 1 3 6 7 7 0 2 5 5 15 -11 9
13 Naftan 13 5 4 4 19 16 7 3 2 2 10 7 6 2 2 2 9 9 3 4
14 Khimik Svetlogorsk 13 0 1 12 5 34 2 0 0 2 1 8 11 0 1 10 4 26 -29 -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.