Struggling Minsk will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Shakhtyor in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
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 3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats from seven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 8-7. You can compare this with overall results below.
Minsk form and stats
Minsk have played 5 Vysshaya Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Minsk to get some points in this home game.
Minsk are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 264 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by O. Evdokimov).
In their previous game, the manager A. Razin led his Minsk to a defeat in the Vysshaya Liga match away at Vitebsk. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadyen Traktar. Ahead of that match, Minsk lost 0-1 at home to Isloch.
The Minsk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Minsk with 11 goals conceded in these matches.
Shakhtyor form and stats
The away team, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Vysshaya Liga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 3 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Vysshaya Liga.
Shakhtyor played 1-1 against Ruh Brest in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus BATE that ended 2-2.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Shakhtyor have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Shakhtyor are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Minsk and Shakhtyor have met before this season: Minsk - Shakhtyor 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Minsk two wins, three draws and Shakhtyor five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Lisakovich 7 goals |   V. Khvashchinskiy 5 goals | D. Podstrelov 5 goals |
Minsk missing players
Shakhtyor missing players
| Minsk | Shakhtyor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 79% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 42% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 110 | 58 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 76 | 186 |
| 42 | 26 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 32 | 78 |
| 33% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 22% | 26% |
- Minsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Minsk have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Minsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shakhtyor has the fewest conceded goals (2) away
- Shakhtyor has the fewest conceded goals (6)
- Shakhtyor has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Shakhtyor has the most clean sheets (10)
- Shakhtyor has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Shakhtyor have not yet lost a game away.
- Shakhtyor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Shakhtyor | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 3 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Dinamo Brest | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | Neman Grodno | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Torpedo BelAZ | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Vitebsk | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Dinamo Minsk | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Isloch | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Slutsk | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Slavia | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 18 |
| 12 | Ruh Brest | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 14 | Minsk | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Smolevichy-STI | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Belshina | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -19 | 6 |