Shakhtyor have played good football so far this season, sitting at 3rd place in the table. Minsk have an outlook both direction in the table from the 7th spot.
- Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Vysshaya Liga
- Minsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Minsk have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-4-8 (win-draw-loss) from 19 matches.
It's no vacation for neither Shakhtyor nor Minsk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shakhtyor form and stats
The Vysshaya Liga results playing at home this season for Shakhtyor are 6-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Shakhtyor to get some points in this home game.
Chernyak was the last player to score a league goal for Shakhtyor and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Shakhtyor haven't scored in 207 minutes.
Shakhtyor's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Minsk (placed 7th). The result 0-1 has occurred to the home side three league games in a row!
Prior to that, an away loss at Dinamo Minsk.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Shakhtyor home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
The Shakhtyor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Shakhtyor have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Minsk form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Vysshaya Liga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Minsk, whose coach Skripchenko could celebrate last time after the win against Shakhtyor. That win felt good as this team had gone four league fixtures without winning.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Ynergetyk-BDU.The travelling fans enjoy Minsk's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. Minsk have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H encounter ended Minsk - Shakhtyor 1-0, played this season. Stats for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: six wins for Shakhtyor, two draws and two wins for Minsk. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Khvashchinskiy 12 goals |   Cherniak 7 goals | A. Shramchenko 7 goals |
Shakhtyor missing players
Minsk missing players
| Shakhtyor | Minsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 36 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 36 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 57% | 36% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 75% |
| 35% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 42% |
| 17% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | 38% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 35% | 18% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 50% |
| 39% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 26% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 17% | 17% |
| 6.6 | 7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 7 | 5.2 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 9.5 | 7.5 |
| 0.8 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 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 |
- Minsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Minsk have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Minsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shakhtyor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the the best goal difference (+22) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 47 |
| 2 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 45 |
| 3 | Shakhtyor | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| 4 | BATE | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 43 |
| 5 | Isloch | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 40 |
| 6 | Torpedo BelAZ | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 37 |
| 7 | Minsk | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Gomel | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Neman Grodno | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Slavia | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Slutsk | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 27 |
| 12 | Belshina | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Dinamo Brest | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 22 |
| 14 | Vitebsk | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -12 | 20 |
| 15 | Arsenal | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -21 | 14 |
| 16 | Dnepr Mogilev | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 27 | -39 | 12 |
