Full preview: Gomel likely to triumph over Vitebsk at Stadyen Central'ny

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Fri 30.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Central'ny (14307 seats)

Gomel have enginereed 5 home triumphs so far, Vitebsk have won 2 away. Which team improves their results in this one?

Insights:
  • Gomel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Gomel and Vitebsk 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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Gomel form and stats

The story so far in the Vysshaya Liga for Gomel at their home stadium (Stadyen Central'ny) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Gomel to get some points in this home game.

Stress levels are on the rise for Gomel's attacking players as they have now played 271 minutes without scoring in a league game. Gogolashvili was their last goal scorer.

No payout for Gomel in their previous match, an away game at Dinamo Minsk that ended in defeat 0-3.

Preceding that match was the home game against Shakhtyor that was lost 0-3.

It should be noted that a glance at the 11 most recent league matches shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The Gomel fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gomel's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vitebsk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vitebsk so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose).

Vitebsk's last game was the home draw against BATE (1-1).

A 1-2 defeat away at Dnepr Mogilev before that.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Vitebsk have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the teams played each other previously this season; Vitebsk - Gomel 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Gomel wins - draws - Vitebsk wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GomelA. Makas
A. Makas
7 goals
VitebskR. Teverov
R. Teverov
6 goals
GomelA. Anufriev
A. Anufriev
3 goals

Gomel missing players

Vitebsk missing players

Gomel Vitebsk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 2 11 22
9 5 3 Won W 1 2 4
4 0 0 Drew D 0 2 7
9 6 1 Lost L 1 7 11
27 12 8 Scored S 2 10 22
28 15 5 Conceded C 2 17 33
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
68% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 86%
55% 55% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 50%
23% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 18%
9% 9% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 18% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 45% 50%
27% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 18%
41% 55% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 36%
 
4.2 4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.8 4.4
5.8 6.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 4.3
1.5 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 2 1.7
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:
  • Gomel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ynergetyk-BDU 21 13 5 3 37 18 11 5 4 2 18 8 10 8 1 1 19 10 19 44
2 Shakhtyor 21 13 4 4 36 13 10 6 1 3 13 6 11 7 3 1 23 7 23 43
3 Dinamo Minsk 21 12 7 2 34 16 10 4 5 1 17 8 11 8 2 1 17 8 18 43
4 BATE 22 11 8 3 37 16 11 5 3 3 18 11 11 6 5 0 19 5 21 41
5 Isloch 22 11 4 7 37 27 11 4 3 4 16 15 11 7 1 3 21 12 10 37
6 Torpedo BelAZ 22 10 5 7 29 23 11 4 4 3 17 12 11 6 1 4 12 11 6 35
7 Minsk 22 10 4 8 35 35 11 7 1 3 17 14 11 3 3 5 18 21 0 34
8 Gomel 22 9 4 9 27 28 11 5 0 6 12 15 11 4 4 3 15 13 -1 31
9 Neman Grodno 22 6 11 5 29 29 11 5 4 2 15 12 11 1 7 3 14 17 0 29
10 Slavia 22 8 5 9 31 34 11 3 3 5 15 18 11 5 2 4 16 16 -3 29
11 Belshina 22 5 9 8 29 33 11 2 3 6 9 17 11 3 6 2 20 16 -4 24
12 Slutsk 22 5 8 9 22 32 11 3 4 4 13 16 11 2 4 5 9 16 -10 23
13 Vitebsk 22 4 7 11 22 33 11 2 5 4 12 16 11 2 2 7 10 17 -11 19
14 Dinamo Brest 21 4 6 11 17 30 11 1 5 5 10 17 10 3 1 6 7 13 -13 18
15 Arsenal 22 3 4 15 14 35 11 2 2 7 9 17 11 1 2 8 5 18 -21 13
16 Dnepr Mogilev 22 3 3 16 20 54 11 3 0 8 12 31 11 0 3 8 8 23 -34 12

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.