Belshina vs Slutsk: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Thu 06.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Belshina are welcoming Slutsk for another important game after their 3-0 result against 15th-placed Smolevichy-STI.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Belshina form and stats

With 1 Vysshaya Liga win, 2 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Belshina, who have the most conceded goals (38) in Vysshaya Liga, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

It's back home for Belshina, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Smolevichy-STI away with the result 3-0. Dmitry Lebedev, Denis Levitskiy and Leonid Kovel found the net in that victory. Before that game, the home loss against Neman Grodno with the scoreline 0-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Belshina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost two.

Belshina have scored 7 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Belshina with 20 goals conceded in these matches.

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Slutsk form and stats

There's been little loot from Slutsk's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Vysshaya Liga. Slutsk only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. A depressing six defeats in a row for Slutsk in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Dinamo Minsk.

Slutsk are looking to quickly end their 217 minutes long goal drought in the Vysshaya Liga.

Slutsk failed to get anything from their last game, a Vysshaya Liga home match vs Shakhtyor (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. Prior to that match, the Slutsk manager A. Konchits faced defeat when travelling to Vitebsk and losing 0-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Slutsk playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Slutsk win, one draw and three defeats.

The visiting Slutsk have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 9 games. Slutsk have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Slutsk - Belshina 3-2 earlier this season. Belshina-Slutsk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Belshina two wins, Slutsk five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BelshinaL. Kovel
L. Kovel
6 goals
SlutskA. Serdyuk
A. Serdyuk
5 goals
SlutskM. Umar
M. Umar
4 goals

Belshina missing players

Slutsk missing players

Belshina Slutsk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 4 9 19
3 1 0 Won W 0 3 6
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 3
13 7 3 Lost L 4 6 10
18 7 4 Scored S 2 9 21
38 20 8 Conceded C 9 18 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 89% 84%
60% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 78% 58%
30% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 21%
10% 10% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
50% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 63%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 37%
 
5.8 5.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.8 4.6
4.5 5.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.1 4.2
2.5 2.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 3.2 2.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
187 106 40 Total Shots T S 51 104 207
64 30 10 Shots on Target S O 18 35 71
28% 23% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 26% 30%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Belshina has the fewest points (5) at home
  • Belshina has the fewest scored goals (7) at home
  • Belshina has the most conceded goals (38)
  • Belshina has the most matches over the total-line (14)
  • Belshina has the the worst goal difference (-13) at home
  • Belshina has the the worst goal difference (-20)
  • Belshina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Belshina have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Belshina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Slutsk has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • Slutsk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Slutsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Slutsk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Slutsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Slutsk is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 20 11 7 2 35 9 10 6 2 2 21 5 10 5 5 0 14 4 26 40
2 BATE 20 11 4 5 41 21 10 5 3 2 17 7 10 6 1 3 24 14 20 37
3 Neman Grodno 19 11 4 4 24 13 10 7 2 1 16 6 9 4 2 3 8 7 11 37
4 Torpedo BelAZ 20 9 6 5 28 23 10 6 2 2 13 10 10 3 4 3 15 13 5 33
5 Dinamo Minsk 20 9 3 8 22 14 10 6 1 3 9 4 10 3 2 5 13 10 8 30
6 Ynergetyk-BDU 20 9 3 8 27 30 9 4 1 4 17 19 11 5 2 4 10 11 -3 30
7 Dinamo Brest 18 9 2 7 32 22 9 5 1 3 18 12 9 4 1 4 14 10 10 29
8 Isloch 20 9 2 9 26 27 10 6 2 2 16 10 10 3 0 7 10 17 -1 29
9 Vitebsk 20 7 8 5 20 19 10 5 4 1 11 6 10 2 4 4 9 13 1 29
10 Ruh Brest 20 7 8 5 27 20 10 3 3 4 10 13 10 4 5 1 17 7 7 29
11 Slavia 19 6 5 8 26 36 9 3 3 3 12 14 10 3 2 5 14 22 -10 23
12 Slutsk 19 6 3 10 21 31 10 3 3 4 12 13 9 3 0 6 9 18 -10 21
13 Gorodeya 20 5 5 10 18 31 10 3 3 4 10 13 10 2 2 6 8 18 -13 20
14 Minsk 18 5 3 10 19 36 9 3 2 4 11 16 9 2 1 6 8 20 -17 18
15 Smolevichy-STI 19 3 5 11 20 34 10 3 2 5 16 20 9 0 3 6 4 14 -14 14
16 Belshina 20 3 4 13 18 38 10 1 2 7 7 20 10 2 2 6 11 18 -20 13

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.