Gomel fights Smorgon in Vysshaya Liga game

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)

A win for the hosts is anticipated from this game if the league table is a guide to future results. The Gomel regulars are hopeful that the mismatch between 4th and Smorgon's 15th spot in the table will show on the arena.

Insights:
  • Gomel have the most scored goals (33) at home in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) in Vysshaya Liga

Both teams have had adequate rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an energetic match!

Smorgon are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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Gomel form and stats

Gomel are steadily winning Vysshaya Liga games and points here. 9 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 14 games.

It's back home for Gomel, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Isloch away with the result 2-1. Vadim Pobudey and Denis Levitskiy found the net in that victory.

Before that game, the home loss against Shakhtyor with the scoreline 2-3.

Goals decide football matches and Gomel are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 14 league matches. Gomel have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Smorgon form and stats

There's been little loot from Smorgon's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 14 away games in the Vysshaya Liga. Smorgon only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Smorgon are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Smorgon's last game was the home draw against Dinamo Brest (1-1).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Dinamo Brest.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Smorgon are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 10 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Smorgon - Gomel 1-2 was the scoreline in these contenders' latest head-to-head game, earlier this season. Gomel-Smorgon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gomel seven wins, Smorgon zero wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GomelA. Solovey
A. Solovey
17 goals
GomelD. Gomza
D. Gomza
8 goals
GomelV. Pobudey
V. Pobudey
7 goals

Gomel missing players

Smorgon missing players

Gomel Smorgon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
16 9 5 Won W 0 1 3
7 4 0 Drew D 0 3 8
5 1 0 Lost L 4 10 17
56 33 18 Scored S 0 10 25
23 8 1 Conceded C 11 40 66
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 93% 96%
54% 50% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 61%
36% 43% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 43% 39%
29% 29% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 29% 18%
46% 36% 20% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 50%
46% 64% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 11%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 57% 39%
 
6 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.8 3.4
4.1 3.9 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.2 5.7
1.7 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11 10.8 14.6 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 5.1 5.6
5.3 5.4 7.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.1 2.3
37% 44% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 36%
 
5.7 4.7 5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 10.4 9.7
2.1 1.2 0.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 6.2 5.3
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Gomel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gomel have scored more than double the goals of Smorgon.
  • Gomel have the most scored goals (33) at home in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Smorgon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Smorgon have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have the most conceded goals (40) away in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have the the worst goal difference (-30) away in Vysshaya Liga
  • 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 28 23 3 2 59 17 14 12 2 0 31 5 14 11 1 2 28 12 42 72
2 BATE 28 17 8 3 54 27 14 11 2 1 28 11 14 6 6 2 26 16 27 59
3 Dinamo Minsk 28 18 4 6 53 20 14 10 0 4 26 9 14 8 4 2 27 11 33 58
4 Gomel 28 16 7 5 56 23 14 9 4 1 33 8 14 7 3 4 23 15 33 55
5 Ruh Brest 28 15 10 3 49 23 14 10 3 1 30 8 14 5 7 2 19 15 26 55
6 Dinamo Brest 28 8 14 6 30 26 14 4 7 3 15 15 14 4 7 3 15 11 4 38
7 Torpedo BelAZ 28 10 6 12 37 37 14 5 3 6 22 17 14 5 3 6 15 20 0 36
8 Vitebsk 28 8 10 10 34 37 14 5 6 3 19 13 14 3 4 7 15 24 -3 34
9 Isloch 28 9 7 12 38 42 14 5 3 6 15 14 14 4 4 6 23 28 -4 34
10 Neman Grodno 28 8 7 13 33 33 14 4 3 7 17 16 14 4 4 6 16 17 0 31
11 Ynergetyk-BDU 28 7 9 12 29 39 14 3 7 4 15 15 14 4 2 8 14 24 -10 30
12 Minsk 28 7 9 12 31 51 14 4 5 5 18 29 14 3 4 7 13 22 -20 30
13 Slutsk 28 7 8 13 30 44 14 6 4 4 24 24 14 1 4 9 6 20 -14 29
14 Slavia 28 7 7 14 39 48 14 3 5 6 19 23 14 4 2 8 20 25 -9 28
15 Smorgon 28 3 8 17 25 66 14 2 5 7 15 26 14 1 3 10 10 40 -41 17
16 Sputnik 28 2 1 25 12 76 14 1 0 13 6 43 14 1 1 12 6 33 -64 7

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.