The league table in Vysshaya Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Neman Grodno leading Minsk by 16 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Minsk play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Minsk when playing on grass are 5 wins, 4 draws and 14 defeats from 23 matches. They have scored 21 goals and conceded 33 times in these games.
Neman Grodno form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 11 Vysshaya Liga games here at Stadion Neman for Neman Grodno. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Grodno enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ruh Brest's place. The match ended 3-2 with V. Zhukovskiy and Z. Marušić (2) scoring. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Minsk (3-4).
Grodno are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Grodno are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Neman in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Minsk form and stats
Minsk have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Vysshaya Liga, after 2-2-6 (10 played).
Minsk had fun at their own home (Stadion Neman) last time out, beating Gorodeya 3-0. Vladyslav Nasibulin, Roman Gribovskiy and Anton Shramchenko scored. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at FC Ostrovets.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Minsk as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Minsk have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Minsk - Grodno 4-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Neman Grodno-Minsk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Grodno six wins, Minsk two wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Z. Marušić 8 goals | G. Kadimyan 8 goals | P. Zabelin 5 goals |
Neman Grodno missing players
Minsk missing players
| Neman Grodno | Minsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 31 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 27 |
| 22 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 40 |
| 87% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 52% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 24% |
| 35% | 27% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 52% | 64% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 4.2 | 2.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 265 | 142 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 85 | 211 |
| 96 | 49 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 26 | 85 |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 35% | 32% |
- Minsk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Minsk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Minsk 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 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | BATE | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 26 | 46 |
| 3 | Neman Grodno | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 41 |
| 4 | Torpedo BelAZ | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Isloch | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 38 |
| 6 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | Ruh Brest | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 33 |
| 8 | Dinamo Minsk | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| 9 | Dinamo Brest | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 10 | Vitebsk | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Minsk | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 25 |
| 12 | Slavia | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -12 | 24 |
| 13 | Slutsk | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 21 |
| 14 | Gorodeya | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -19 | 20 |
| 15 | Belshina | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -18 | 19 |
| 16 | Smolevichy-STI | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -20 | 14 |