Football betting preview: BATE vs Smorgon

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: KFP Minsk Iskusstvennoe pole

The league table in Vysshaya Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with BATE leading Smorgon by 10 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • BATE have the most points from losing position (7) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Vysshaya Liga

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!

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BATE form and stats

Perfect Vysshaya Liga season at home so far for BATE 3 wins from 3 appearances.

BATE are returning here after visiting Isloch in a Vysshaya Liga game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Stanislav Dragun (2), Maksim Volodjko and Boris Kopitović scored the goal(s). Previous to that game, a Belarusian Cup home match hosting Torpedo BelAZ in a game that was won 4-1.

BATE are traveling soon after this match as the Belarusian Cup match at Torpedo BelAZ awaits in four days.

BATE are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). On the other hand, BATE have conceded 3 goals.

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Smorgon form and stats

The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (14) away in Vysshaya Liga, are W0-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Vysshaya Liga. Smorgon has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Sputnik in their previous game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ruh Brest wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Smorgon's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 5 matches. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Smorgon concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

BATE-Smorgon H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: BATE two wins, Smorgon one win, three draws. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BATES. Dragun
S. Dragun
4 goals
BATES. Umarov
S. Umarov
3 goals
BATEM. Skavysh
M. Skavysh
3 goals

BATE missing players

Smorgon missing players

BATE Smorgon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 1 5 6
4 3 2 Won W 0 0 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 4 4
14 8 5 Scored S 0 1 3
6 3 1 Conceded C 3 14 14
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 50%
50% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 17%
33% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 17%
67% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 17%
33% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 80% 67%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12 9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 3 5 5.4
4.7 3.3 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.2 2.4
50% 80% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • All of BATE's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Smorgon's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • BATE have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • BATE have scored more than double the goals of Smorgon.
  • BATE have the most points from losing position (7) in Vysshaya Liga
  • BATE have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Smorgon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Smorgon have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Smorgon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Smorgon have the most conceded goals (14) away in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have yet to win a game away.
  • Smorgon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shakhtyor 6 6 0 0 18 3 5 5 0 0 16 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 15 18
2 BATE 6 4 2 0 14 6 3 3 0 0 8 3 3 1 2 0 6 3 8 14
3 Dinamo Brest 6 3 3 0 8 1 3 0 3 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 7 0 7 12
4 Dinamo Minsk 6 3 2 1 9 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 2 0 4 2 5 11
5 Gomel 6 3 2 1 10 6 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 11
6 Ruh Brest 6 2 3 1 10 7 3 1 2 0 6 1 3 1 1 1 4 6 3 9
7 Isloch 6 3 0 3 9 10 4 2 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 5 5 -1 9
8 Minsk 6 2 2 2 8 8 3 0 2 1 5 7 3 2 0 1 3 1 0 8
9 Vitebsk 6 1 4 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 7
10 Torpedo BelAZ 6 2 1 3 3 8 2 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 2 6 -5 7
11 Ynergetyk-BDU 6 1 2 3 6 6 4 1 1 2 5 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
12 Slutsk 6 1 2 3 4 8 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 0 1 3 1 7 -4 5
13 Slavia 6 1 1 4 5 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 -5 4
14 Smorgon 6 1 1 4 3 14 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 4 1 14 -11 4
15 Neman Grodno 6 0 3 3 2 7 3 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 4 -5 3
16 Sputnik 6 1 0 5 2 14 3 0 0 3 1 10 3 1 0 2 1 4 -12 3

Read more about Vysshaya Liga

The Belarusian Premier League (or, the Vysshaya 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.