Vysshaya Liga match preview: Belshina believed to be the weaker party when Shakhtyor pays a visit

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Mon 18.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Spartak (14307 seats)

Vysshaya Liga: Belshina are 4 points behind Shakhtyor, but intend to go full throttle. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Vysshaya Liga

Belshina and Shakhtyor should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Belshina form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Vysshaya Liga this season. Belshina have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadyen Spartak.

In their previous game, the manager Rybak led his Belshina to a defeat away at Slavia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadyen Spartak.

Ahead of that match, Belshina won a home game hosting Arsenal (1-0).

Belshina have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Belshina defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Shakhtyor form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Vysshaya Liga, are W2-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Vysshaya Liga.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Champions League home defeat versus Maribor with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's last 10 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

It's not easy to score on Shakhtyor as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Belshina-Shakhtyor H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Belshina three wins, Shakhtyor six wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ShakhtyorD. Darboe
D. Darboe
5 goals
BelshinaI. Vasilyev
I. Vasilyev
4 goals
BelshinaI. Chesnokov
I. Chesnokov
3 goals

Belshina missing players

Shakhtyor missing players

Belshina Shakhtyor
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 8 1 Played P 2 6 12
4 2 0 Won W 1 2 6
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 3
5 4 1 Lost L 0 1 3
17 7 2 Scored S 3 6 14
20 12 3 Conceded C 2 5 7
86% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 50%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 17% 17%
36% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
14% 12% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 38% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 33%
21% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 42%
43% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 25%
 
6.2 6.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6 6.4
3.6 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1 2.5 2.6
2.6 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Shakhtyor 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 BATE 15 8 5 2 27 10 6 3 1 2 10 6 9 5 4 0 17 4 17 29
2 Ynergetyk-BDU 14 8 4 2 26 10 9 4 3 2 16 7 5 4 1 0 10 3 16 28
3 Isloch 15 8 4 3 23 16 8 3 3 2 11 9 7 5 1 1 12 7 7 28
4 Minsk 15 8 2 5 27 22 8 5 1 2 13 9 7 3 1 3 14 13 5 26
5 Dinamo Minsk 13 7 4 2 20 13 6 1 4 1 7 7 7 6 0 1 13 6 7 25
6 Slavia 14 7 2 5 25 21 7 3 2 2 13 11 7 4 0 3 12 10 4 23
7 Gomel 15 6 4 5 18 17 7 4 0 3 8 7 8 2 4 2 10 10 1 22
8 Shakhtyor 12 6 3 3 14 7 6 4 0 2 8 2 6 2 3 1 6 5 7 21
9 Torpedo BelAZ 15 6 2 7 15 17 6 2 1 3 8 8 9 4 1 4 7 9 -2 20
10 Neman Grodno 14 4 7 3 19 19 7 3 3 1 10 8 7 1 4 2 9 11 0 19
11 Belshina 14 4 5 5 17 20 8 2 2 4 7 12 6 2 3 1 10 8 -3 17
12 Slutsk 13 3 6 4 14 21 6 1 3 2 7 10 7 2 3 2 7 11 -7 15
13 Arsenal 15 3 4 8 11 20 8 2 2 4 8 12 7 1 2 4 3 8 -9 13
14 Vitebsk 15 2 5 8 13 23 7 1 3 3 6 10 8 1 2 5 7 13 -10 11
15 Dinamo Brest 14 1 4 9 9 23 8 0 4 4 6 13 6 1 0 5 3 10 -14 7
16 Dnepr Mogilev 15 1 3 11 13 32 7 1 0 6 6 16 8 0 3 5 7 16 -19 6

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.