Vysshaya Liga game sneak peek: Neman Grodno against Vitebsk

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Neman (9000 seats)

The home team stadium regulars plan for a win in this game, and the home advantage should work versus a stumbling visitor. Neman Grodno are in 9th spot while the guesting Vitebsk lose sleep at 15th.

Insights:
  • Neman Grodno have won significantly less corners at home than away.

Neman Grodno are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 9th place whatever happens now. Vitebsk are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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 Neman Grodno and Vitebsk.

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Neman Grodno form and stats

Neman Grodno have played 15 Vysshaya Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus Vitebsk last time out and are looking for a victory here.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Dinamo Minsk (0-2).

The Grodno fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Neman Grodno have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Vitebsk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vitebsk so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-9 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Vitebsk has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Neman Grodno (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

A 1-3 loss hosting Isloch before that.

Vitebsk's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Vitebsk have won at least one point in the last 5 games (1-4-0) against Grodno.

Neman Grodno and Vitebsk have faced each other previously this season: Neman Grodno - Vitebsk 1-1. Savitskiy (Neman Grodno) was given a red card by the ref when these teams last played each other.

Top Goalscorers

GrodnoP. Savitskiy
P. Savitskiy
9 goals
Neman GrodnoY. Zubovich
Y. Zubovich
8 goals
VitebskR. Teverov
R. Teverov
7 goals

Neman Grodno missing players

Vitebsk missing players

Neman Grodno Vitebsk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
9 8 4 Won W 1 2 4
13 5 1 Drew D 0 4 10
8 2 0 Lost L 3 9 16
39 23 9 Scored S 2 15 28
36 13 3 Conceded C 4 24 49
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
80% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 77%
43% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 47%
27% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 23%
10% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
57% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 0% 47% 47%
33% 53% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 17%
20% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 40% 43%
 
5.8 3.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5 4.4
3.5 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 4.1
2.6 2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 2.3 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Neman Grodno have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 30 20 5 5 55 17 15 10 2 3 25 9 15 10 3 2 30 8 38 65
2 Ynergetyk-BDU 30 18 6 6 50 27 15 6 4 5 22 15 15 12 2 1 28 12 23 60
3 BATE 30 16 11 3 51 21 15 8 4 3 28 16 15 8 7 0 23 5 30 59
4 Dinamo Minsk 30 16 11 3 50 25 15 6 7 2 23 14 15 10 4 1 27 11 25 59
5 Isloch 30 16 6 8 51 33 15 6 5 4 23 17 15 10 1 4 28 16 18 54
6 Minsk 30 12 8 10 47 43 15 9 3 3 24 15 15 3 5 7 23 28 4 44
7 Torpedo BelAZ 30 11 10 9 35 32 15 5 6 4 19 14 15 6 4 5 16 18 3 43
8 Gomel 30 12 7 11 36 37 15 8 0 7 18 18 15 4 7 4 18 19 -1 43
9 Neman Grodno 30 9 13 8 39 36 15 8 5 2 23 13 15 1 8 6 16 23 3 40
10 Slavia 30 10 7 13 42 46 15 4 4 7 21 21 15 6 3 6 21 25 -4 37
11 Slutsk 30 7 11 12 26 41 15 3 6 6 14 23 15 4 5 6 12 18 -15 32
12 Belshina 30 6 12 12 37 50 15 3 5 7 15 25 15 3 7 5 22 25 -13 30
13 Dinamo Brest 30 5 12 13 29 43 15 2 8 5 19 22 15 3 4 8 10 21 -14 27
14 Arsenal 30 5 8 17 18 42 15 2 5 8 10 20 15 3 3 9 8 22 -24 23
15 Vitebsk 30 4 10 16 28 49 15 2 6 7 13 25 15 2 4 9 15 24 -21 22
16 Dnepr Mogilev 30 3 3 24 21 73 15 3 0 12 13 38 15 0 3 12 8 35 -52 12

Read more about Vysshaya Liga

The Belarusian Premier League (or, the Vysshaya Liga) is the top level of football in Belarus. It was founded in 1992 after Belarus declared independence. It currently has 16 teams in a season running in spring, summer and autumn. Each team plays 30 fixtures to create a final league table.