On paper it looks like advantage Minsk in this game against Sputnik, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our full match preview!
- Minsk have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Vysshaya Liga
- Sputnik have the fewest scored goals (12) in Vysshaya Liga
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Minsk and Sputnik.
Minsk form and stats
When playing at home in the Vysshaya Liga, Minsk have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games.
Minsk's last game was hosting Sputnik (placed 16th) and winning 3-0.
Prior to that, an away loss at Ruh Brest.The Minsk manager F. Shcherbachenko has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Minsk defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sputnik form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sputnik so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-8 (win-draw-lose). With the Sputnik losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Sputnik have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 300 minutes ago. A. Kontsedailov was the goal scorer.
Two away games in a row for Sputnik, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Minsk in the Vysshaya Liga.
Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Gomel.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sputnik as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. The Sputnik manager A. Kravchenko has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Minsk - Sputnik 3-0. Minsk-Sputnik H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Minsk two wins, Sputnik zero wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. López 7 goals | K. Zinovich 3 goals | Y. Bogomolskiy 3 goals |
Minsk missing players
Sputnik missing players
| Minsk | Sputnik | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 25 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 21 | 46 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 90% | 89% |
| 65% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 61% |
| 41% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 22% |
| 59% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 10% | 6% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 61% |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| 6.4 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.1 | 5 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 44% | 57% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 32% |
- Minsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Minsk have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Minsk have scored more than double the goals of Sputnik.
- Minsk have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Vysshaya Liga
- Minsk have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Vysshaya Liga
- Minsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sputnik have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sputnik have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sputnik have the fewest scored goals (12) in Vysshaya Liga
- Sputnik have the most conceded goals (46) in Vysshaya Liga
- Sputnik have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Vysshaya Liga
- Sputnik have the the worst goal difference (-34) in Vysshaya Liga
- Sputnik have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sputnik 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 | Shakhtyor | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 40 |
| 2 | BATE | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 39 |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 35 |
| 4 | Ruh Brest | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | Gomel | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 31 |
| 6 | Dinamo Brest | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 7 | Minsk | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Vitebsk | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Isloch | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 11 | Torpedo BelAZ | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 19 |
| 12 | Slutsk | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 13 | Neman Grodno | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 14 | Slavia | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 10 |
| 15 | Smorgon | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -25 | 8 |
| 16 | Sputnik | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -34 | 7 |