Belshina stubborn opponents but Shakhtyor expect victory

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Fri 26.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Budaŭnik (4200 seats)

The glass has been half empty for Shakhtyor so far, and the same description fits Belshina. These students from the school of hard knocks hope for some important points here.

Insights:
  • Shakhtyor have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Belshina have the fewest scored goals (3) in Vysshaya Liga

Shakhtyor and Belshina 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.

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Shakhtyor form and stats

The total Vysshaya Liga statistics at home this season for Shakhtyor are 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). When Shakhtyor hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Naftan, Ynergetyk-BDU, Shakhtyor and Dinamo Brest), they have won 2 of 2 matches! Two home wins in a row for Shakhtyor bring valid hopes of a third.

It's back home for Shakhtyor, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Smorgon away with the result 3-1. Karpitsky (2) found the net in that victory.

Ahead of that match, Shakhtyor won a home game hosting Dinamo Brest (2-0).

Shakhtyor are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Stadyen Budaŭnik with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 22 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Shakhtyor has won 16 times, drawn 3 and lost 3. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Shakhtyor has won by at least two goals 8 times when in this position.

Shakhtyor have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadyen Budaŭnik with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Shakhtyor are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadyen Budaŭnik in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.

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Belshina form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in Vysshaya Liga, are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Vysshaya Liga.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Neman Grodno with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Naftan with the score of 1-0.

Belshina are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 26 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 7 wins, 8 draws and 11 defeats. Of the defeats, 7 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Belshina's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 4 matches. Belshina have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Shakhtyor have won all of the 8 latest matches against this opponent. Will the streak continue?

Top Goalscorers

ShakhtyorE. Karpitskiy
E. Karpitskiy
7 goals
ShakhtyorV. Ahmedi
V. Ahmedi
2 goals
ShakhtyorM. Skavysh
M. Skavysh
1 goals

Shakhtyor missing players

Belshina missing players

Shakhtyor Belshina
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 4 8
6 3 2 Won W 1 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 3 5
14 6 4 Scored S 1 2 3
5 2 1 Conceded C 0 5 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 62%
38% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 25%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 25%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 62%
 
5.5 7 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 11 7 5.2
3.6 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3 4.6
2.4 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.8 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
1.4 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0.9 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
200% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
1.5 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0.6 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Belshina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Belshina have the fewest scored goals (3) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Belshina have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Belshina have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Belshina have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Belshina haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Shakhtyor have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Shakhtyor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Shakhtyor have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Shakhtyor have scored more than double the goals of Belshina.
  • Shakhtyor have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Shakhtyor 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 Dinamo Minsk 9 8 0 1 21 4 5 5 0 0 12 2 4 3 0 1 9 2 17 24
2 Torpedo BelAZ 9 6 3 0 14 4 4 3 1 0 10 3 5 3 2 0 4 1 10 21
3 Neman Grodno 9 6 2 1 15 6 5 3 1 1 6 2 4 3 1 0 9 4 9 20
4 BATE 10 4 4 2 16 11 5 1 2 2 6 7 5 3 2 0 10 4 5 16
5 Slavia 9 4 2 3 9 8 4 2 0 2 5 4 5 2 2 1 4 4 1 14
6 Isloch 8 3 2 3 12 8 4 2 1 1 6 2 4 1 1 2 6 6 4 11
7 Slutsk 9 2 3 4 10 12 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 0 1 4 4 9 -2 9
8 Smorgon 9 3 0 6 9 20 5 3 0 2 6 9 4 0 0 4 3 11 -11 9
9 Gomel 8 1 5 2 11 16 4 1 1 2 4 9 4 0 4 0 7 7 -5 8
10 Minsk 8 1 4 3 7 8 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 0 2 2 1 3 -1 7
11 Naftan 9 1 2 6 4 16 4 0 2 2 1 5 5 1 0 4 3 11 -12 5
12 Dinamo Brest 9 1 1 7 8 17 5 0 1 4 5 10 4 1 0 3 3 7 -9 4
13 Belshina 8 1 2 5 3 11 4 0 2 2 1 6 4 1 0 3 2 5 -8 -6
14 Shakhtyor 8 6 1 1 14 5 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 3 0 1 8 3 9 -16
15 Ynergetyk-BDU 8 2 1 5 4 11 4 2 0 2 3 5 4 0 1 3 1 6 -7 -16

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.