This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Dnyapro holding 15th place and Minsk lying 12th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Minsk play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Minsk when playing on grass are 4 wins, 8 draws and 19 defeats from 31 matches. They have scored 25 goals and conceded 50 times in these games.
Dnyapro form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Dnyapro have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stadyen Spartak.
Dnyapro's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Minsk. The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Slavia (0-1).
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 Dnyapro have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 2.
Dnyapro has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, Dnyapro have conceded 13 goals.
Minsk form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Minsk so far with only 4 Premier League points returning home. The records show 0-4-6 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on V. Tarakanov, the Minsk manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Two away games in a row for Minsk, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Dnyapro in the Premier League. Before that, Minsk secured a home win against Torpedo BelAZ with the score 2-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Minsk playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were 2 Minsk wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Minsk have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Minsk have conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Dnyapro - Minsk 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 1 - 1 - 0 (Dnyapro wins - draws - Minsk wins). As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Vasyliev 6 goals |  I. Bakhar 5 goals / 2 assists |  Aleksey Zaleski 4 goals |
Dnyapro missing players
Minsk missing players
| Dnyapro | Minsk | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Scored | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | 4 | 18 | 29 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 79% |
| 61% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 63% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 47% |
| 22% | 11% | 50% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 32% |
| 6% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | 33% | 40% | 32% |
| 39% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 53% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 33% | 10% | 26% |
| 44% | 44% | 0% | Failed To Score | 33% | 40% | 42% |
| 3.6 | 2.7 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 4.3 | 3.1 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | 4 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 2 | 4 |
- Dnyapro have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Minsk have yet to win a game away.
| 27-07-19 | | Volna | 1 - 3 | Dnyapro |
| 04-08-19 | | Dnyapro | 2 - 1 | Slutsk |
| 10-08-19 | | Dnyapro | 0 - 1 | Dinamo Brest |
| 17-08-19 | | Slavia | 1 - 0 | Dnyapro |
| 23-08-19 | | Dnyapro | 1 - 0 | Minsk |
| 30-08-19 | | Gorodeya | 16:45 | Dnyapro |
| 21-09-19 | | Neman Grodno | - | Dnyapro |
| 27-09-19 | | Dnyapro | - | Slutsk |
| 06-10-19 | | Gomel | - | Dnyapro |
| 20-10-19 | | Dnyapro | - | Shakhtyor |
| 28-07-19 | | Belshina | 1 - 3 | Minsk |
| 03-08-19 | | Dinamo Brest | 3 - 1 | Minsk |
| 11-08-19 | | Dinamo Minsk | 3 - 2 | Minsk |
| 17-08-19 | | Minsk | 2 - 0 | Torpedo BelAZ |
| 23-08-19 | | Dnyapro | 1 - 0 | Minsk |
| 01-09-19 | | Minsk | 16:45 | BATE |
| 14-09-19 | | Dinamo Brest | - | Minsk |
| 20-09-19 | | Minsk | - | Slavia |
| 27-09-19 | | Minsk | - | Ynergetyk-BDU |
| 04-10-19 | | Gorodeya | - | Minsk |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Brest | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 42 |
| 2 | BATE | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 40 |
| 3 | Shakhtyor | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 37 |
| 4 | Isloch | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Dinamo Minsk | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Torpedo BelAZ | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Gorodeya | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Slutsk | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -15 | 23 |
| 9 | Slavia | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Neman Grodno | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -9 | 22 |
| 11 | Vitebsk | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Minsk | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 27 | -20 | 15 |
| 14 | Gomel | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Dnyapro | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 16 | Tarpeda | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | -20 | 6 |