The league table in Vysshaya Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Dinamo Minsk leading Smolevichy-STI by 16 points. Match preview to follow:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Dinamo Minsk form and stats
When playing at home in the Vysshaya Liga, Dinamo Minsk have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. Dinamo has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadyen Dynama, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
In their previous game, the manager L. Kuchuk led his Dinamo to a defeat in the Vysshaya Liga match away at Neman Grodno. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadyen Dynama. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Gorodeya.
Dinamo have scored 9 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. As for guarding their own goal, Dinamo Minsk have only let in 4 goals at home.
Smolevichy-STI form and stats
There's been little loot from Smolevichy-STI's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 9 away games in the Vysshaya Liga. Smolevichy-STI only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Smolevichy-STI have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Smorgon game. Three has not been a lucky number for Smolevichy-STI as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Isloch match.
Smolevichy-STI have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 282 minutes ago. A. Dzhigero was the goal scorer.
Smolevichy-STI failed to get anything from their last game, a Vysshaya Liga home match vs Belshina (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Prior to that match, the Smolevichy-STI manager A. Mikhaylov faced defeat when travelling to Shakhtyor and losing 0-4.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Smolevichy-STI's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won zero of these as expected, zero of them by at least two goals. Smolevichy-STI managed one draw and zero surprise wins.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Smolevichy-STI's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 9 matches. In the opposite end, Smolevichy-STI have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Dinamo Minsk and Smolevichy-STI have met before this season: Smolevichy-STI - Dinamo Minsk 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Dinamo three wins, zero draws and Smolevichy-STI one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Schikavko 6 goals | I. Bakhar 5 goals |   A. Dzhigero 3 goals |
Dinamo Minsk missing players
Smolevichy-STI missing players
| Dinamo Minsk | Smolevichy-STI | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 22 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 34 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 45% | 30% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 74% |
| 25% | 10% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 53% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 25% | 10% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 53% |
| 50% | 70% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | 47% |
| 5.3 | 6.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 215 | 120 | 59 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 59 | 142 |
| 94 | 50 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 25 | 58 |
| 23% | 18% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 16% | 34% |
- Dinamo Minsk has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Dinamo Minsk has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
- Dinamo Minsk has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Dinamo Minsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Dinamo Minsk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Smolevichy-STI have scored away.
- Dinamo Minsk have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Smolevichy-STI has the fewest points (3) away
- Smolevichy-STI has the fewest scored goals (4) away
- Smolevichy-STI have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Smolevichy-STI have yet to win a game away.
| 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 |