The visiting Slutsk side should be favourites in this visit to Minsk, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their ten league games this season.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It should be mentioned that Slutsk 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 Slutsk on artifical turf are 6 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats from ten games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 16-11. You can compare this with overall results below.
Minsk form and stats
Minsk have played three Vysshaya Liga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Minsk, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The home team returns to Stadyen Traktar after being equal after 90 minutes with Gorodeya (placed 12th) on their last time out; the Vysshaya Liga game ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Torpedo BelAZ with the scoreline 2-5.
Minsk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadyen Traktar with 5 goals in 3 league matches. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Minsk have let the opposition score 10 times, an average of more than three per game.
Slutsk form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Vysshaya Liga travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
There were no winners in Slutsk's previous match, a Vysshaya Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Ruh Brest (placed 7th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against BATE wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
Slutsk are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. As for defending, Slutsk rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Minsk, one draw and three wins for Slutsk. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.Top Goalscorers
  V. Khvashchinskiy 4 goals |   M. Umar 4 goals | A. Serdyuk 3 goals |
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| Minsk | Slutsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 16 | 10 | 8 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 70% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 25% | 67% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 5.9 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 5.1 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 79 | 37 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 35 | 107 |
| 30 | 19 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 38 |
| 40% | 26% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 54% | 42% |
- All of Minsk's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Slutsk's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Minsk has the most conceded goals in the first half (9)
- Minsk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Minsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Slutsk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Slutsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Slutsk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Slutsk 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 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 22 |
| 2 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | Torpedo BelAZ | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Shakhtyor | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 18 |
| 5 | Slutsk | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Isloch | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 7 | Ruh Brest | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Dinamo Brest | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Vitebsk | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Dinamo Minsk | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Slavia | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Gorodeya | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Neman Grodno | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Minsk | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Smolevichy-STI | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 4 |
| 16 | Belshina | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 3 |