Premier League match prediction: Little separates Belshina and Smolevichy-STI in quality

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Competition: Belarus Premier League
Competition: Fri 17.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Spartak (14307 seats)

The Belshina manager Y. Gradoboev attacks this game with the team placed 16th so far. In the visitors dressing room Smolevichy-STI and their manager A. Brazevich are in 15th place before this match.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Belshina form and stats

Belshina have less points than they have played home games in the Premier League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. Belshina are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stadyen Spartak, having lost their two previous games here.

Belshina drew their last game, 1-1 away at Neman Grodno (placed 13th). Ahead of that match, Belshina lost 0-1 at home to Gorodeya.

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 Belshina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost two.

Early season league goal statistics from Belshina's 2 home games: 1 goal, 4 conceded.

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Smolevichy-STI form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Smolevichy-STI with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

The attacking players of Smolevichy-STI have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 305 minutes.

Smolevichy-STI played 0-0 against Shakhtyor in their previous match. A 0-1 loss hosting Vitebsk before that.

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

1 goal so far away for Smolevichy-STI, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Belshina - Smolevichy-STI 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Belshina victory, three draws and one Smolevichy-STI win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BelshinaL. Kovel
L. Kovel
2 goals
Smolevichy-STIV. Mukhamedov
V. Mukhamedov
1 goals

Belshina missing players

Smolevichy-STI missing players

Belshina Smolevichy-STI
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
2 1 1 Scored S 0 1 1
6 4 3 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
50% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 75%
 
4 5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 3.8
5.2 4.5 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.5 7.2
1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4.5 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
39 20 6 Total Shots T S 0 15 24
8 4 2 Shots on Target S O 0 4 5
25% 25% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 20%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Belshina has the most conceded goals in the second half (5)
  • Belshina has the the worst goal difference (-3) at home
  • Belshina has the the worst goal difference (-4)
  • Belshina is in the worst form (0-1-3)
Belshina Last season Smolevichy-STI
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
21 10   Won W   10 19
5 2   Drew D   3 7
2 2   Lost L   1 2
74 41   Scored S   31 60
22 13   Conceded C   5 15
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
86% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 68%
68% 86%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 46%
46% 57%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
32% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 21%
54% 50%   BTTS BTTS   21% 39%
43% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   71% 57%
7% 7%   Failed to Score F T   14% 11%
 
3.7 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.4
2.2 1.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.4 2.5
0.7 0.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.4
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
128 70   Total Shots T S   68 207
59 32   Shots on Target S O   33 87
83% 94%   Goal Efficiency G E   61% 56%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ynergetyk-BDU 5 3 0 2 6 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 9
2 Torpedo BelAZ 4 3 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 9
3 Gorodeya 5 3 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 9
4 Slutsk 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 7
5 Dinamo Brest 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
6 Slavia 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
7 Vitebsk 4 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 3 0 7
8 BATE 4 2 0 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 5 5 1 6
9 Dinamo Minsk 5 2 0 3 6 5 3 2 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 6
10 Isloch 4 2 0 2 5 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 6
11 Minsk 4 2 0 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 6
12 Shakhtyor 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 5
13 Neman Grodno 5 1 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 0 3 -1 5
14 Ruh Brest 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 -1 4
15 Smolevichy-STI 4 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 2
16 Belshina 4 0 1 3 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 1
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

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The Belarusian Premier League (or, the Vysheyshaya Liga) is the top level of football in Belarus. It was founded in 1992 after Belarus declared independence. It currently has 16 teams in a season running in spring, summer and autumn. Each team plays 30 fixtures to create a final league table.