It's still early in the Vysshaya Liga season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Shakhtyor - Ruh Brest preview!
- Shakhtyor have the most scored goals (14) in Vysshaya Liga
- Ruh Brest have not yet lost a game.
Shakhtyor have less rest than Ruh Brest in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Belarusian Cup game only four days ago. This match was also played here at KFP Minsk Iskusstvennoe pole. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Ruh Brest have had more rest.
Shakhtyor form and stats
Shakhtyor, who have the most scored goals (14) in Vysshaya Liga, have collected 12 points from their Vysshaya Liga home games so far after 4-0-0.
Before that, Shakhtyor had a Vysshaya Liga home game versus Slavia which ended with a victory 4-1.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Shakhtyor matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, zero draws and one defeat (from three games).
Goals are plentiful at KFP Minsk Iskusstvennoe pole in the league this season as Shakhtyor has scored 12 goals here in 4 home games. As for guarding their own goal, Shakhtyor have only let in 1 goal at home.
Ruh Brest form and stats
Four points from two away games for Ruh Brest, meaning one draw and one victory in the Vysshaya Liga so far.
274 minutes! That's how long the Brest goalkeeper Pavel Pavlyuchenko and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Prior to that result Brest won their away game at Isloch. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned above, Brest was the only team on the pitch versus Smorgon in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Brest when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.
It's early days yet, but Ruh Brest has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Shakhtyor-Ruh Brest H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Shakhtyor one win, Ruh Brest zero wins, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Darboe 5 goals |  D. Laptev 4 goals | J. Kendysh 2 goals |
Shakhtyor missing players
Ruh Brest missing players
| Shakhtyor | Ruh Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 8.5 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 64% |
- Ruh Brest have not yet lost a game.
- Ruh Brest have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ruh Brest have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Shakhtyor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shakhtyor have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ruh Brest have scored away.
- Shakhtyor have scored in all their matches so far.
- Shakhtyor have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the most matches over the total-line (3) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the most points (12) at home in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the most scored goals (12) at home in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the most scored goals (14) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the the best goal difference (+12) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have won all their games so far.
- Shakhtyor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shakhtyor is in the best form (5-0-0)
| Shakhtyor | Last season | Ruh Brest | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 57 | 32 | Scored | S | 35 | 57 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 38 | ||
| 87% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 87% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 63% | ||
| 43% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 47% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 37% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 50% | ||
| 50% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 37% | ||
| 23% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 27% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13.1 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 12.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 |
| 2 | Dinamo Brest | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | BATE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Gomel | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Ruh Brest | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Isloch | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Dinamo Minsk | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Minsk | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Vitebsk | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Torpedo BelAZ | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Slutsk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Sputnik | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -10 | 3 |
| 14 | Neman Grodno | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 15 | Slavia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 16 | Smorgon | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 1 |