The visiting Shakhtyor side should be favourites in this visit to Slutsk, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Slutsk form and stats
When playing at home in the Vysshaya Liga, Slutsk have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
No payout for Slutsk in their previous match, an away game at Vitebsk that ended in defeat 0-2. Ahead of that match, Slutsk won a home game hosting Isloch (2-1).
Slutsk has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Slutsk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shakhtyor form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Vysshaya Liga, are W4-D5-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Vysshaya Liga. In general it has been a productive period now for Shakhtyor as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games.
The Shakhtyor goalkeeper Aleksandr Gutor is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 220 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Nikola Antić, Jasur Jakhshibaev (2) and Július Szöke scored in Shakhtyor's previous match, the home game against Smolevichy-STI that ended 4-0. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Neman Grodno.
As you can tell from the results above, Shakhtyor was very dominant against Smolevichy-STI, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Nikola Antić, Jasur Jakhshibaev (2) and Július Szöke providing the goals.
The visiting Shakhtyor have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 9 games. Shakhtyor are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Shakhtyor - Slutsk 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Slutsk wins - draws - Shakhtyor wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Lisakovich 9 goals | D. Podstrelov 6 goals |  A. Serdyuk 5 goals |
Slutsk missing players
Shakhtyor missing players
| Slutsk | Shakhtyor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 33 |
| 29 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 67% | 79% |
| 83% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 63% |
| 61% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 67% | 78% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 63% |
| 33% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 26% |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 206 | 102 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 103 | 253 |
| 70 | 35 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 45 | 109 |
| 30% | 34% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 27% | 30% |
- Shakhtyor has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
- Shakhtyor has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Shakhtyor has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Shakhtyor has the most clean sheets (12)
- Shakhtyor has the most clean sheets (6) away
- Shakhtyor has the most scored goals in the second half (22)
- Shakhtyor has the the best goal difference (+24)
- Shakhtyor have not yet lost a game away.
- Shakhtyor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Slutsk has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Slutsk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Slutsk have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Slutsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Slutsk is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 37 |
| 2 | BATE | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 37 |
| 3 | Neman Grodno | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Torpedo BelAZ | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | Vitebsk | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Dinamo Brest | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 9 | Isloch | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 10 | Ruh Brest | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 11 | Slavia | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Slutsk | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 19 |
| 14 | Minsk | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 18 |
| 15 | Smolevichy-STI | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 16 | Belshina | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -23 | 10 |