Football betting preview: Shakhtyor favourites when Dinamo Minsk visits

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sun 18.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Budaŭnik (4200 seats)

3rd position in the Vysshaya Liga table for Shakhtyor so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Dinamo Minsk visits Stadyen Budaŭnik.

Dinamo are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Shakhtyor form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadyen Budaŭnik as Shakhtyor, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Vysshaya Liga, have scored 27 goals to get 26 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Vysshaya Liga are 8-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Ruh Brest here at Stadyen Budaŭnik, Shakhtyor has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Shakhtyor enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Slutsk's place. The match ended 4-1 with S. Balanovich, R. Begunov, A. Sachivko and J. Szöke scoring. Heartbreak before that as Shakhtyor lost 0-1 at Slavia's place.

The Shakhtyor manager R. Grigorchuk has got the team scoring with 27 from 12 home games in the league. Defensively Shakhtyor have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 12 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Dinamo Minsk form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Dinamo Minsk playing as the away team in the Vysshaya Liga this season.

Dinamo had fun at their own home (Stadyen Budaŭnik) last time out, beating Smolevichy-STI 2-1. Ivan Bakhar and Yevgeni Shikavka scored. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Vitebsk.

Dinamo Minsk have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Dinamo in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Dinamo Minsk - Shakhtyor 0-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Shakhtyor won three, Dinamo Minsk won two and five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Dinamo MinskY. Schikavko
Y. Schikavko
10 goals
ShakhtyorD. Podstrelov
D. Podstrelov
7 goals
Dinamo MinskI. Bakhar
I. Bakhar
7 goals

Shakhtyor missing players

Dinamo Minsk missing players

Shakhtyor Dinamo Minsk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
13 8 3 Won W 1 4 12
7 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
4 2 0 Lost L 2 6 10
43 27 8 Scored S 3 16 30
14 5 1 Conceded C 3 13 22
83% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 92%
62% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 52%
38% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 36%
33% 42% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 16%
17% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
29% 25% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 36%
62% 67% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 44%
25% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 28%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
322 175 58 Total Shots T S 35 116 270
132 74 22 Shots on Target S O 19 53 113
33% 36% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 30% 27%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Dinamo Minsk has the most matches under the total-line (15) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Dinamo Minsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shakhtyor has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the most clean sheets (15) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the most scored goals (27) at home in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the the best goal difference (+22) at home in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor has the the best goal difference (+29) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shakhtyor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 BATE 25 15 4 6 54 28 13 7 3 3 25 13 12 8 1 3 29 15 26 49
2 Neman Grodno 26 14 5 7 34 23 13 8 2 3 18 9 13 6 3 4 16 14 11 47
3 Shakhtyor 24 13 7 4 43 14 12 8 2 2 27 5 12 5 5 2 16 9 29 46
4 Isloch 25 13 3 9 39 35 12 8 2 2 22 13 13 5 1 7 17 22 4 42
5 Torpedo BelAZ 25 11 8 6 39 31 13 7 3 3 18 14 12 4 5 3 21 17 8 41
6 Ruh Brest 25 10 9 6 46 27 13 4 4 5 20 19 12 6 5 1 26 8 19 39
7 Dinamo Minsk 25 12 3 10 30 22 13 8 1 4 14 9 12 4 2 6 16 13 8 39
8 Dinamo Brest 23 12 2 9 43 30 11 6 1 4 21 15 12 6 1 5 22 15 13 38
9 Ynergetyk-BDU 25 10 5 10 34 36 12 5 3 4 23 22 13 5 2 6 11 14 -2 35
10 Vitebsk 26 8 10 8 25 30 13 6 5 2 15 10 13 2 5 6 10 20 -5 34
11 Minsk 25 9 4 12 34 45 12 6 2 4 20 20 13 3 2 8 14 25 -11 31
12 Slavia 23 7 7 9 31 42 11 4 4 3 14 15 12 3 3 6 17 27 -11 28
13 Gorodeya 26 6 6 14 22 42 13 3 4 6 13 20 13 3 2 8 9 22 -20 24
14 Slutsk 24 7 3 14 27 46 13 4 3 6 16 19 11 3 0 8 11 27 -19 24
15 Belshina 24 5 5 14 27 45 12 2 2 8 13 25 12 3 3 6 14 20 -18 20
16 Smolevichy-STI 25 3 5 17 25 57 12 3 2 7 16 30 13 0 3 10 9 27 -32 14

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.