Premier League match preview: Vitebsk versus Gorodeya

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Competition: Belarus Premier League
Competition: Sat 21.March
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski (8144 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Vitebsk welcome Gorodeya for the opening game at Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski. Read on!

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Vitebsk form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vitebsk have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost two.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Vitebsk, who have participated in seven training matches. Vitebsk have won 1 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 4 games.

Last season, Vitebsk's league statistics were 8 wins, 7 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 24 goals and conceded 39. Playing at home last season Vitebsk managed 4-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 17 conceded.

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Gorodeya form and stats

Gorodeya are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and zero defeats. From a total of three matches.

Just as the home team, Gorodeya have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 4 Gorodeya wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Let's have a look at how Gorodeya performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 8 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 14/12 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Vitebsk won two games, five matches ended with a draw and Gorodeya has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nine

Vitebsk missing players

Gorodeya missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vitebsk Gorodeya
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low 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%
Vitebsk Last season Gorodeya
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
8 4   Won W   5 12
7 5   Drew D   5 8
15 6   Lost L   5 10
24 15   Scored S   14 31
39 17   Conceded C   12 29
90% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   73% 80%
70% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 53%
40% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 40%
10% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 20%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
30% 47%   BTTS BTTS   20% 33%
30% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   53% 50%
50% 33%   Failed to Score F T   53% 37%
 
5 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4
5.1 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.9
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
244 147   Total Shots T S   105 232
80 39   Shots on Target S O   39 82
25% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 30%

  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 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Ruh Brest 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
3 Torpedo BelAZ 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Dinamo Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Smolevichy-STI 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Belshina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gorodeya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Isloch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Minsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Neman Grodno 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 Vitebsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Dinamo Minsk 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Shakhtyor 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 BATE 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

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Ruh Brest 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
3 Torpedo BelAZ 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Dinamo Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Smolevichy-STI 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Belshina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gorodeya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Isloch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Minsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Neman Grodno 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 Vitebsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Dinamo Minsk 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Shakhtyor 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 BATE 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0

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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.