Match preview for Vysshaya Liga: Shakhtyor - Slutsk at Stadyen Budaŭnik

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Fri 29.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Budaŭnik (4200 seats)

A good game and three points is the only event that will be enough for the Shakhtyor followers in this Stadyen Budaŭnik duel with Slutsk, seeing as they have a solid lead on the away team in the Vysshaya Liga table.

Insights:
  • Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Vysshaya Liga
  • All of Slutsk's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Shakhtyor form and stats

12 points is a decent return from 6 Vysshaya Liga games here at Stadyen Budaŭnik for Shakhtyor. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

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

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Belshina.

Trench warfare? Looking at this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

Shakhtyor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Defensively Shakhtyor have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Slutsk form and stats

Playing away, Slutsk have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Vysshaya Liga this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Slutsk are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Slutsk won their last game, 2-0 versus Dinamo Brest played at home. Hooray; their first victory in the league after six games not winning.

A 0-3 defeat away at Torpedo BelAZ before that.

Slutsk struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games. Slutsk has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the previous ten meetings involving these two participants are: seven wins for Shakhtyor, one draw and two wins for Slutsk. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

ShakhtyorD. Darboe
D. Darboe
5 goals
SlutskK. Vergeychik
K. Vergeychik
4 goals
ShakhtyorM. Skavysh
M. Skavysh
3 goals

Shakhtyor missing players

Slutsk missing players

Shakhtyor Slutsk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 3 7 14
8 4 2 Won W 1 2 4
3 0 0 Drew D 1 3 6
3 2 0 Lost L 1 2 4
19 8 6 Scored S 3 7 16
9 2 0 Conceded C 6 11 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
57% 33% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
29% 17% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 43%
14% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
43% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 50%
36% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 29%
21% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 29%
 
7 6.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4
3.5 2.7 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.5 6.2
0.7 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.4
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:
  • All of Slutsk's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Shakhtyor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals (9) 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.
  • Slutsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 BATE 15 8 5 2 27 10 6 3 1 2 10 6 9 5 4 0 17 4 17 29
2 Ynergetyk-BDU 14 8 4 2 26 10 9 4 3 2 16 7 5 4 1 0 10 3 16 28
3 Isloch 15 8 4 3 23 16 8 3 3 2 11 9 7 5 1 1 12 7 7 28
4 Shakhtyor 14 8 3 3 19 9 6 4 0 2 8 2 8 4 3 1 11 7 10 27
5 Minsk 15 8 2 5 27 22 8 5 1 2 13 9 7 3 1 3 14 13 5 26
6 Dinamo Minsk 13 7 4 2 20 13 6 1 4 1 7 7 7 6 0 1 13 6 7 25
7 Slavia 15 7 2 6 26 24 8 3 2 3 14 14 7 4 0 3 12 10 2 23
8 Gomel 15 6 4 5 18 17 7 4 0 3 8 7 8 2 4 2 10 10 1 22
9 Torpedo BelAZ 15 6 2 7 15 17 6 2 1 3 8 8 9 4 1 4 7 9 -2 20
10 Neman Grodno 14 4 7 3 19 19 7 3 3 1 10 8 7 1 4 2 9 11 0 19
11 Slutsk 14 4 6 4 16 21 7 2 3 2 9 10 7 2 3 2 7 11 -5 18
12 Belshina 15 4 5 6 18 22 9 2 2 5 8 14 6 2 3 1 10 8 -4 17
13 Arsenal 15 3 4 8 11 20 8 2 2 4 8 12 7 1 2 4 3 8 -9 13
14 Vitebsk 15 2 5 8 13 23 7 1 3 3 6 10 8 1 2 5 7 13 -10 11
15 Dinamo Brest 15 1 4 10 9 25 8 0 4 4 6 13 7 1 0 6 3 12 -16 7
16 Dnepr Mogilev 15 1 3 11 13 32 7 1 0 6 6 16 8 0 3 5 7 16 -19 6

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.