This match features two teams living in the basement of the Vysshaya Liga, Minsk holding 11th place and Smolevichy-STI lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Minsk form and stats
When playing at home in the Vysshaya Liga, Minsk have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Minsk after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Minsk are returning here after visiting Smolevichy-STI in a Vysshaya Liga game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Semen Penchuk, Roman Gribovskiy, Yaroslav Yarotskiy and Aleksandr Anufriev scored the goal(s). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Neman Grodno (0-2).
As mentioned above, Minsk "killed" Smolevichy-STI in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The Minsk fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. Minsk have conceded 19 from these games.
Smolevichy-STI form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Smolevichy-STI, who have the most conceded goals (53) in Vysshaya Liga, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-8 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Smolevichy-STI have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone twelve consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Smorgon game. Football is a nightmare at the moment for Smolevichy-STI who have suffered through a seven match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters.
The attacking players of Smolevichy-STI have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 185 minutes.
Smolevichy-STI failed to get anything from their last game, a Vysshaya Liga home match vs Minsk (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-4. Preceding that, the 0-6 home loss versus Ruh Brest.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Minsk was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Vysshaya Liga trip to Dinamo Minsk.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Smolevichy-STI have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Smolevichy-STI - Minsk 0-4 earlier this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Minsk victories, two draws and zero Smolevichy-STI wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Gribovski 6 goals | O. Vasyliev 4 goals |   A. Dzhigero 4 goals |
Minsk missing players
Smolevichy-STI missing players
| Minsk | Smolevichy-STI | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 31 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 23 |
| 42 | 19 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 23 | 53 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 74% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 78% |
| 52% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 61% |
| 39% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 26% |
| 48% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 52% |
| 13% | 18% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 39% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 45% | 48% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 234 | 126 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 74 | 166 |
| 97 | 59 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 32 | 69 |
| 32% | 31% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | 33% |
- Minsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Minsk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Smolevichy-STI have scored away.
- Minsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Smolevichy-STI has the fewest points (3) away in Vysshaya Liga
- Smolevichy-STI has the fewest scored goals (7) away in Vysshaya Liga
- Smolevichy-STI has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Vysshaya Liga
- Smolevichy-STI has the most conceded goals (53) in Vysshaya Liga
- Smolevichy-STI has the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Vysshaya Liga
- Smolevichy-STI has the the worst goal difference (-30) in Vysshaya Liga
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| 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 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 26 | 49 |
| 2 | Neman Grodno | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 47 |
| 3 | Shakhtyor | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 46 |
| 4 | Isloch | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 42 |
| 5 | Torpedo BelAZ | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 41 |
| 6 | Ruh Brest | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 19 | 39 |
| 7 | Dinamo Brest | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 38 |
| 8 | Dinamo Minsk | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 36 |
| 9 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Vitebsk | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -6 | 31 |
| 11 | Minsk | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 28 |
| 12 | Slavia | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 27 | -11 | 28 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -21 | 21 |
| 14 | Slutsk | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -20 | 21 |
| 15 | Belshina | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -18 | 20 |
| 16 | Smolevichy-STI | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -30 | 14 |