Vysshaya Liga match preview: Slavia believed to be the weaker party when Shakhtyor pays a visit

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sun 24.July
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Junatsva (5353 seats)

Closing in on the top clubs is the mission when these mid-table clubs fight it out. Both will be trying to better their league table position, Slavia in 7th and Shakhtyor in 6th place.

Insights:
  • Slavia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Vysshaya Liga

Both contenders have had enough rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an active match!

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Slavia form and stats

The story so far in the Vysshaya Liga for Slavia at their home stadium (Stadyen Junatsva) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Slavia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Dnepr Mogilev's place. The match ended 3-1 with Zherdev, Potorocha and Lovets scoring.

Ahead of that match, Slavia won a home game hosting Belshina (2-0).

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Slavia had similar winning odds as today, and found 4 games. In these, the hosts won 2, drew 1 and lost 1. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Slavia lost 0 similar games by at least two goals.

The Slavia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.

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Shakhtyor form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Vysshaya Liga, on their Vysshaya Liga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

It's the second away game in a row for Shakhtyor, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Belshina (placed 12th) last time out.

aweayteam Hara magic won.

Low on goals? 9 of this club's latest 11 league matches have had two or less goals.

Shakhtyor have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Slavia won one, Shakhtyor were winners in seven and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SlaviaG. Zherdev
G. Zherdev
5 goals
ShakhtyorD. Darboe
D. Darboe
5 goals
SlaviaA. Cobeţ
A. Cobeţ
4 goals

Slavia missing players

Shakhtyor missing players

Slavia Shakhtyor
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 1 7 13
7 3 0 Won W 0 3 7
2 2 2 Drew D 1 3 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
25 13 3 Scored S 1 8 16
21 11 3 Conceded C 1 6 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 54%
64% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 23%
43% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
21% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 38%
29% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 38%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 23%
 
5.8 7.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6.4
6.5 9 12 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.5 2.6
2 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.8
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 Slavia's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Shakhtyor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals (8) 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.
  • Slavia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Slavia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Slavia 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 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 Minsk 15 8 2 5 27 22 8 5 1 2 13 9 7 3 1 3 14 13 5 26
5 Dinamo Minsk 13 7 4 2 20 13 6 1 4 1 7 7 7 6 0 1 13 6 7 25
6 Shakhtyor 13 7 3 3 16 8 6 4 0 2 8 2 7 3 3 1 8 6 8 24
7 Slavia 14 7 2 5 25 21 7 3 2 2 13 11 7 4 0 3 12 10 4 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.