All you need to know about the Vitebsk - Minsk game:

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Vitebsk and Minsk.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Minsk have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-8-17 (win-draw-loss) from 31 matches.

Vitebsk form and stats

When playing at home, Vitebsk have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. Vitebsk have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The points were shared in Vitebsk's previous game, also at home. Visiting Minsk travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. In the match before that, Vitebsk hosted KuPS and drew the Europa League game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vitebsk handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W5-D2-L2.

The Vitebsk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

Minsk form and stats

Minsk have only collected 3 points from their away games after 0-3-4 (7 played).

Minsk has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Vitebsk for a Premier League game that ended a draw (0-0). A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Isloch.

Minsk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of four matches.

Minsk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Minsk have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Minsk - Vitebsk 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 3 - 3 (Vitebsk wins - draws - Minsk wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

O. Vasyliev 5 goals

V. Fedosov 3 goals

I. Bakhar 3 goals / 1 assists

Vitebsk missing players

Minsk missing players