This fixture involves two teams living in the carpet of the Vysshaya Liga, Neman Grodno holding 11th spot and Smorgon sitting at 15th. A nice chance for one of the squads to boost their position.
- Neman Grodno is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Smorgon have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Vysshaya Liga
Neman Grodno and Smorgon should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Neman Grodno form and stats
Neman Grodno have collected 12 points from their Vysshaya Liga home games so far after 3-3-5. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadion Neman after three straight home wins.
Grodno are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Isloch.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ynergetyk-BDU in a game that was won 3-0.Neman Grodno are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew zero and lost two.
The Neman Grodno fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. 13 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Smorgon form and stats
There's been little loot from Smorgon's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the Vysshaya Liga. Smorgon only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Smorgon in their previous game, as they lost their Vysshaya Liga-match, hosting BATE, 1-3.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Ruh Brest.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Smorgon played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, two were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Smorgon as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Smorgon manager V. Geraschenko has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Smorgon - Grodno 0-2. Neman Grodno-Smorgon H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Neman Grodno three wins, Smorgon one win, four draws. one of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Zubovich 4 goals |   K. Leonovich 4 goals |  A. Dzhigero 3 goals |
Neman Grodno missing players
Smorgon missing players
| Neman Grodno | Smorgon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 28 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 26 | 46 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 41% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 59% |
| 18% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 41% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 27% | 50% |
| 27% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 9% |
| 36% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 64% | 41% |
| 6 | 7.3 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.2 | 9.3 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 32% | 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 22% | 37% |
- Neman Grodno have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Neman Grodno have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Neman Grodno is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Smorgon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Smorgon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Smorgon have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Vysshaya Liga
- Smorgon 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 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 32 | 50 |
| 2 | BATE | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 23 | 48 |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 23 | 45 |
| 4 | Ruh Brest | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 44 |
| 5 | Gomel | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 41 |
| 6 | Dinamo Brest | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Vitebsk | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Isloch | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 25 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Torpedo BelAZ | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 25 |
| 10 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Neman Grodno | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Minsk | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 24 |
| 13 | Slutsk | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 22 |
| 14 | Slavia | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -18 | 15 |
| 15 | Smorgon | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 26 | -26 | 13 |
| 16 | Sputnik | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 27 | -46 | 7 |