This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Premier League game of the season. Both Shakhtyor and Torpedo BelAZ are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Shakhtyor form and stats
Shakhtyor have prepared for this season with eight friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these eight matches are 5 victories, 2 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Shakhtyor have scored 18 goals and conceded 7 times.
Last season, Shakhtyor's league statistics were 20 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 59 goals and conceded 21. Playing at home last season Shakhtyor managed 12-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 39 goals and 11 conceded.
Torpedo BelAZ form and stats
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Torpedo BelAZ have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from seven fixtures.
Let's have a look at how Torpedo BelAZ performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 6 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 20/22 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Shakhtyor, one draw and two wins for Torpedo BelAZ. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Shakhtyor missing players
Torpedo BelAZ missing players
| Shakhtyor | Torpedo BelAZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Shakhtyor | Last season | Torpedo BelAZ | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 59 | 39 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 93% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 73% | ||
| 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 53% | ||
| 33% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 13% | ||
| 33% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 47% | ||
| 57% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 17% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 361 | 222 | Total Shots | T S | 125 | 270 | ||
| 149 | 94 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 106 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BATE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Belshina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Dinamo Brest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Gorodeya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Isloch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Minsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Neman Grodno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ruh Brest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Shakhtyor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Slavia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Slutsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Smolevichy-STI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Torpedo BelAZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Vitebsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |