Betting prediction and preview: Ruh Brest fancied to be better team when visiting Smolevichy-STI

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Fri 18.September
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ozernyj (1000 seats)

Smolevichy-STI hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 14 points and a 16th position in the Vysshaya Liga table. Visiting Ruh Brest holds 7th place with 33 pts.

Smolevichy-STI and Ruh Brest should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Smolevichy-STI form and stats

The story so far in the Vysshaya Liga for Smolevichy-STI, who have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Vysshaya Liga, at their home stadium (Stadion Ozernyj) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. It's trouble wherever Smolevichy-STI are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Smolevichy-STI faced defeat in their previous match, away at BATE (2-5). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Arsenal (after extra-time) (1-4).

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The Smolevichy-STI fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Smolevichy-STI are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (20 from 10 played).

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Ruh Brest form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Ruh Brest playing as the away team in the Vysshaya Liga this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the BATE game have they lost an away game, meaning Brest has taken points from nine away matches in a row.

Home advantage was not enough for Brest in their previous game, as they lost their Vysshaya Liga-match, hosting Neman Grodno, 2-3. Preceding that game was the away Belarusian Cup victory against Khimik Svetlogorsk with the score of 3-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Brest's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Brest as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Smolevichy-STI and Ruh Brest have met before this season: Ruh Brest - Smolevichy-STI 0-0. Smolevichy-STI-Ruh Brest H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Smolevichy-STI one win, Ruh Brest zero wins, three draws. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Ruh BrestD. Grechiho
D. Grechiho
6 goals
Smolevichy-STIA. Dzhigero
A. Dzhigero
4 goals
Ruh BrestA. Kontsevoy
A. Kontsevoy
4 goals

Smolevichy-STI missing players

Ruh Brest missing players

Smolevichy-STI Ruh Brest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 4 11 23
3 3 0 Won W 2 5 8
5 2 1 Drew D 2 5 9
13 5 3 Lost L 0 1 6
23 16 4 Scored S 5 20 35
43 20 9 Conceded C 2 8 27
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 87%
76% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 55% 57%
57% 70% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 27% 39%
38% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 30%
24% 30% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 26%
57% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 48%
10% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 35%
43% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 30%
 
3.2 3.3 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.8 5.8
6.1 6.7 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.6 4.7
2.8 2.8 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3 2.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
157 83 21 Total Shots T S 52 128 296
65 33 6 Shots on Target S O 19 52 109
35% 48% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 38% 32%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Ruh Brest have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Ruh Brest have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Smolevichy-STI has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smolevichy-STI has the the worst goal difference (-20) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smolevichy-STI have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Smolevichy-STI have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Shakhtyor 23 13 7 3 43 13 12 8 2 2 27 5 11 5 5 1 16 8 30 46
2 BATE 23 14 4 5 49 23 12 7 3 2 23 9 11 7 1 3 26 14 26 46
3 Neman Grodno 23 12 5 6 31 22 11 7 2 2 16 8 12 5 3 4 15 14 9 41
4 Torpedo BelAZ 23 10 8 5 36 29 12 7 3 2 18 13 11 3 5 3 18 16 7 38
5 Isloch 23 12 2 9 36 33 11 7 2 2 20 12 12 5 0 7 16 21 3 38
6 Ynergetyk-BDU 22 10 4 8 32 32 11 5 2 4 22 21 11 5 2 4 10 11 0 34
7 Ruh Brest 23 8 9 6 35 27 12 3 4 5 15 19 11 5 5 1 20 8 8 33
8 Dinamo Minsk 22 10 3 9 26 19 11 6 1 4 11 8 11 4 2 5 15 11 7 33
9 Dinamo Brest 21 10 2 9 37 27 10 5 1 4 19 14 11 5 1 5 18 13 10 32
10 Vitebsk 23 7 9 7 23 28 11 5 4 2 13 9 12 2 5 5 10 19 -5 30
11 Minsk 21 7 4 10 27 40 11 5 2 4 18 19 10 2 2 6 9 21 -13 25
12 Slavia 21 6 6 9 29 41 10 3 4 3 13 15 11 3 2 6 16 26 -12 24
13 Slutsk 21 6 3 12 24 37 11 3 3 5 13 15 10 3 0 7 11 22 -13 21
14 Gorodeya 23 5 5 13 19 38 11 3 3 5 11 16 12 2 2 8 8 22 -19 20
15 Belshina 23 5 4 14 26 44 12 2 2 8 13 25 11 3 2 6 13 19 -18 19
16 Smolevichy-STI 21 3 5 13 23 43 10 3 2 5 16 20 11 0 3 8 7 23 -20 14

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.