Shakhtyor expected to challenge Minsk at their own home

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Fri 20.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Traktar (16500 seats)

Stadyen Traktar: Prepare for a football jamboree when Minsk host Shakhtyor. Get the latest info on the match here at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Minsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Vysshaya Liga

It should be mentioned that Shakhtyor play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Shakhtyor on artifical turf are 6 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats from eleven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 14-10. You can compare this with overall results below.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Minsk form and stats

Minsk have collected 9 points from their Vysshaya Liga home games so far after 3-0-1. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadyen Traktar after three straight home wins.

In their previous game, the manager Skripchenko led his Minsk to a defeat away at Ynergetyk-BDU. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadyen Traktar.

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Neman Grodno.

A decent goal production from Minsk in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. From these home matches, Minsk have conceded only 3 goals.

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Shakhtyor form and stats

1 win, 3 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Shakhtyor playing as the away team in the Vysshaya Liga this season.

The Shakhtyor goalkeeper Sergey Chernik is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 354 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Shakhtyor won their last game, 1-0 versus Dinamo Minsk played at home. Shakhtyor made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Šatara receiving a red card in the 90th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Shakhtyor won the match 1-0!

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Ynergetyk-BDU.

Shakhtyor are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Minsk victory, two draws and seven Shakhtyor wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

ShakhtyorD. Darboe
D. Darboe
5 goals
MinskV. Khvashchinskiy
V. Khvashchinskiy
4 goals
MinskY. Bogomolskiy
Y. Bogomolskiy
4 goals

Minsk missing players

Shakhtyor missing players

Minsk Shakhtyor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 2 4 8
4 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 2 3 3
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
11 6 0 Scored S 2 4 10
10 3 1 Conceded C 2 3 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 50%
25% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 12%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
25% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 38%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 50%
38% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3.5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.5
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:
  • Minsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Shakhtyor have created more than twice as many corners as Minsk.
  • Shakhtyor have not yet lost a game away.
  • Shakhtyor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Shakhtyor have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Shakhtyor 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 BATE 8 6 2 0 16 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 6 4 2 0 12 2 12 20
2 Ynergetyk-BDU 8 5 1 2 16 8 6 3 1 2 10 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 16
3 Shakhtyor 8 4 3 1 10 4 4 3 0 1 6 1 4 1 3 0 4 3 6 15
4 Dinamo Minsk 8 4 3 1 9 5 3 0 3 0 3 3 5 4 0 1 6 2 4 15
5 Slavia 8 4 1 3 13 9 4 1 1 2 6 8 4 3 0 1 7 1 4 13
6 Slutsk 8 3 4 1 11 9 4 1 2 1 5 6 4 2 2 0 6 3 2 13
7 Minsk 8 4 1 3 11 10 4 3 0 1 6 3 4 1 1 2 5 7 1 13
8 Isloch 8 3 3 2 12 10 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 12
9 Neman Grodno 8 3 3 2 11 10 5 3 1 1 8 6 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 12
10 Gomel 8 3 1 4 10 11 3 1 0 2 3 4 5 2 1 2 7 7 -1 10
11 Torpedo BelAZ 8 2 2 4 6 11 3 1 1 1 2 3 5 1 1 3 4 8 -5 8
12 Belshina 8 1 4 3 8 12 5 0 2 3 4 10 3 1 2 0 4 2 -4 7
13 Vitebsk 8 1 4 3 8 13 4 1 2 1 4 6 4 0 2 2 4 7 -5 7
14 Dinamo Brest 8 0 4 4 7 13 5 0 4 1 5 6 3 0 0 3 2 7 -6 4
15 Arsenal 8 0 4 4 4 10 4 0 2 2 3 6 4 0 2 2 1 4 -6 4
16 Dnepr Mogilev 8 0 2 6 4 17 3 0 0 3 0 6 5 0 2 3 4 11 -13 2

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.