Belshina vs Shakhtyor match preview

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sun 27.September
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)

Struggling Belshina will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Shakhtyor in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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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Belshina form and stats

Belshina's struggle is real here with only 8 points collected from 12 Vysshaya Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-8.

The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Vitebsk (placed 10th) on their last time out; the Vysshaya Liga game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Belshina lost 2-3 at home to Isloch.

The Belshina fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Belshina with 25 goals conceded in these matches.

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Shakhtyor form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Shakhtyor, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Vysshaya Liga, playing as the away team in the Vysshaya Liga this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Shakhtyor are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Two away games in a row for Shakhtyor, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Slavia in the Vysshaya Liga. Before that, Shakhtyor secured a home win against Vitebsk with the score 5-0.

The visiting Shakhtyor have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 12 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Shakhtyor - Belshina 4-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Belshina won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Shakhtyor has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Belshina missing players

Shakhtyor missing players

Belshina Shakhtyor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 5 12 24
5 2 1 Won W 2 5 13
5 2 0 Drew D 2 5 7
14 8 3 Lost L 1 2 4
27 13 4 Scored S 5 16 43
45 25 7 Conceded C 2 9 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 75% 83%
83% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 58% 62%
62% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
33% 42% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 33%
17% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
58% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 33% 29%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 58% 62%
33% 42% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.9 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
237 142 50 Total Shots T S 73 147 322
87 45 15 Shots on Target S O 29 58 132
31% 29% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 28% 33%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Belshina has the fewest points (8) at home in Vysshaya Liga
  • Belshina has the most matches over the total-line (16) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Belshina has the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Vysshaya Liga
  • Belshina have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Belshina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Shakhtyor has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the most clean sheets (15) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the most clean sheets (7) away in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the most matches under the total-line (14) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the the best goal difference (+29) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  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 24 15 4 5 52 24 12 7 3 2 23 9 12 8 1 3 29 15 28 49
2 Shakhtyor 24 13 7 4 43 14 12 8 2 2 27 5 12 5 5 2 16 9 29 46
3 Neman Grodno 24 13 5 6 33 22 12 8 2 2 18 8 12 5 3 4 15 14 11 44
4 Torpedo BelAZ 24 11 8 5 39 30 12 7 3 2 18 13 12 4 5 3 21 17 9 41
5 Isloch 24 13 2 9 38 34 12 8 2 2 22 13 12 5 0 7 16 21 4 41
6 Ruh Brest 24 9 9 6 41 27 12 3 4 5 15 19 12 6 5 1 26 8 14 36
7 Dinamo Brest 22 11 2 9 39 28 11 6 1 4 21 15 11 5 1 5 18 13 11 35
8 Ynergetyk-BDU 23 10 4 9 33 34 11 5 2 4 22 21 12 5 2 5 11 13 -1 34
9 Dinamo Minsk 23 10 3 10 27 21 11 6 1 4 11 8 12 4 2 6 16 13 6 33
10 Vitebsk 24 7 10 7 24 29 12 5 5 2 14 10 12 2 5 5 10 19 -5 31
11 Slavia 22 7 6 9 30 41 11 4 4 3 14 15 11 3 2 6 16 26 -11 27
12 Minsk 22 7 4 11 27 42 11 5 2 4 18 19 11 2 2 7 9 23 -15 25
13 Slutsk 22 6 3 13 25 40 12 3 3 6 14 18 10 3 0 7 11 22 -15 21
14 Gorodeya 24 5 5 14 20 41 12 3 3 6 12 19 12 2 2 8 8 22 -21 20
15 Belshina 24 5 5 14 27 45 12 2 2 8 13 25 12 3 3 6 14 20 -18 20
16 Smolevichy-STI 22 3 5 14 23 49 11 3 2 6 16 26 11 0 3 8 7 23 -26 14

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.