Football preview: Shakhtyor odds-on when Torpedo BelAZ visit

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sat 25.June
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Budaŭnik (4200 seats)

Vysshaya Liga: Top-drawer versus modest, at least that's what the standings say. Shakhtyor - Torpedo BelAZ. Home victory or a shock?

Insights:
  • Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Vysshaya Liga
  • Torpedo BelAZ have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Vysshaya Liga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Shakhtyor form and stats

When playing at home in the Vysshaya Liga, Shakhtyor have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

Shakhtyor are returning here after visiting FC Ostrovets in a Belarusian Cup fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

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

Shakhtyor have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadyen Budaŭnik with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively Shakhtyor have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Torpedo BelAZ form and stats

2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Torpedo BelAZ in their Vysshaya Liga matches away.

Two away games in a row for Torpedo BelAZ, whose manager Molosh could celebrate last time after the Belarusian Cup win against Zhodino Yuzhnoe.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Vitebsk.

The schedule is very tough for Torpedo BelAZ now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Vysshaya Liga game at Gomel is waiting in only four days.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Torpedo have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Shakhtyor won eight games, zero matches ended with a draw and Torpedo BelAZ got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

ShakhtyorD. Darboe
D. Darboe
5 goals
ShakhtyorS. Politsevich
S. Politsevich
2 goals
ShakhtyorI. Ivanovic
I. Ivanovic
2 goals

Shakhtyor missing players

Torpedo BelAZ missing players

Shakhtyor Torpedo BelAZ
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 6 10
6 4 2 Won W 0 2 3
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 2 3 5
14 8 6 Scored S 1 5 10
6 1 0 Conceded C 4 8 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
55% 40% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 50%
18% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 40%
9% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
36% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 40%
45% 80% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 40%
18% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 30%
 
6.4 6.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 4.7
2.6 2.7 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 2.7
0.8 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 3.3
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:
  • 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.
  • Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Vysshaya Liga
  • Shakhtyor have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Shakhtyor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Torpedo BelAZ have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Torpedo BelAZ have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Torpedo BelAZ have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Torpedo BelAZ 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 Ynergetyk-BDU 11 8 1 2 24 8 7 4 1 2 15 6 4 4 0 0 9 2 16 25
2 BATE 10 7 2 1 19 5 3 2 0 1 4 3 7 5 2 0 15 2 14 23
3 Dinamo Minsk 11 6 4 1 16 10 5 1 4 0 6 5 6 5 0 1 10 5 6 22
4 Shakhtyor 11 6 3 2 14 6 5 4 0 1 8 1 6 2 3 1 6 5 8 21
5 Minsk 11 6 1 4 16 14 6 5 0 1 9 3 5 1 1 3 7 11 2 19
6 Isloch 11 5 3 3 17 14 6 2 2 2 8 8 5 3 1 1 9 6 3 18
7 Neman Grodno 11 4 5 2 17 14 6 3 2 1 10 8 5 1 3 1 7 6 3 17
8 Slavia 11 5 2 4 18 17 6 2 2 2 11 11 5 3 0 2 7 6 1 17
9 Slutsk 10 3 6 1 14 12 5 1 3 1 7 8 5 2 3 0 7 4 2 15
10 Gomel 10 4 2 4 13 13 4 2 0 2 4 4 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 14
11 Belshina 11 2 5 4 12 16 7 1 2 4 6 12 4 1 3 0 6 4 -4 11
12 Torpedo BelAZ 10 3 2 5 10 15 4 1 1 2 5 7 6 2 1 3 5 8 -5 11
13 Vitebsk 11 1 4 6 9 18 5 1 2 2 4 7 6 0 2 4 5 11 -9 7
14 Dnepr Mogilev 11 1 2 8 9 23 5 1 0 4 3 9 6 0 2 4 6 14 -14 5
15 Arsenal 11 0 4 7 5 16 6 0 2 4 4 10 5 0 2 3 1 6 -11 4
16 Dinamo Brest 11 0 4 7 7 19 6 0 4 2 5 9 5 0 0 5 2 10 -12 4

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.