It's game two of the Premier League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Minsk-Dinamo Minsk!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that Dinamo Minsk play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Dinamo Minsk on artifical turf are 4 victories, 4 draws and 0 defeats from eight games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 13-7. You can compare this with overall results below.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Minsk form and stats
It's back home for Minsk, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Belshina away with the result 3-1. 1-1 away at Isloch before that.
Last season, Minsk's league statistics were 9 wins, 9 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 44. Playing at home last season Minsk managed 8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 19 conceded.
Dinamo Minsk form and stats
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Ruh Brest with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Dinamo Minsk manager S. Gurenko faced defeat when travelling to BATE and losing 2-3.
Let's have a look at how Dinamo Minsk performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 17/22 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Minsk-Dinamo Minsk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Minsk zero wins, Dinamo Minsk six wins, four draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Minsk missing players
Dinamo Minsk missing players
| Minsk | Dinamo Minsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Minsk | Last season | Dinamo Minsk | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 44 | 19 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 87% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 73% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 57% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 27% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 10% | ||
| 47% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 47% | ||
| 30% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | ||
| 37% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 253 | 119 | Total Shots | T S | 138 | 259 | ||
| 98 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 96 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Minsk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Slutsk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Isloch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ruh Brest | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Torpedo BelAZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Vitebsk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Dinamo Brest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Smolevichy-STI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Dinamo Minsk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Gorodeya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Neman Grodno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Shakhtyor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | BATE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Belshina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Slavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | Dinamo Brest | 30 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 48 | 75 |
| 2 | BATE | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 40 | 70 |
| 3 | Shakhtyor | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 38 | 65 |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 50 |
| 5 | Isloch | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 47 |
| 6 | Torpedo BelAZ | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 45 |
| 7 | Gorodeya | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Slavia | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -5 | 37 |
| 9 | Minsk | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -8 | 36 |
| 10 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -9 | 36 |
| 11 | Slutsk | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -17 | 34 |
| 12 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 66 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 38 | -14 | 33 |
| 13 | Vitebsk | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -15 | 31 |
| 14 | Dnyapro | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 27 | -10 | 30 |
| 15 | Gomel | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | -6 | 29 |
| 16 | Tarpeda | 30 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 63 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 31 | -59 | 6 |