Smorgon vs Dinamo Minsk preview

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Greeting visitors in their own stadium is comfortable and nice for Smorgon, but Dinamo Minsk are fully set and qualified to win this one. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • Smorgon have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Dinamo Minsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

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.

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Smorgon form and stats

Smorgon's struggle is real here with only 7 points collected from 11 Vysshaya Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-6. Smorgon are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Sputnik match.

No payout for Smorgon in their previous match, an away game at Neman Grodno that ended in defeat 0-5. As you see from the result above, Smorgon suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Preceding that match was the home game against BATE that was lost 1-3.

The Smorgon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Smorgon have conceded 20 from these games.

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Dinamo Minsk form and stats

Playing away, Dinamo Minsk have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Vysshaya Liga this season.

Impressive finishing from Artem Bykov and Vladislav Lozhkin secured the home win 2-1 against Isloch in their previous game.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ynergetyk-BDU at their stadium, the result 1-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Dinamo Minsk's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Dinamo Minsk are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Smorgon and Dinamo Minsk have played each other previously this season: Dinamo Minsk - Smorgon 2-0. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: zero - two - five (Smorgon wins - draws - Dinamo Minsk wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Dinamo MinskA. Mbengue
A. Mbengue
10 goals
Dinamo MinskV. Lozhkin
V. Lozhkin
5 goals
SmorgonK. Leonovich
K. Leonovich
4 goals

Smorgon missing players

Dinamo Minsk missing players

Smorgon Dinamo Minsk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 11 23
2 1 0 Won W 3 6 15
7 4 2 Drew D 1 3 3
14 6 2 Lost L 0 2 5
20 12 5 Scored S 11 18 40
51 20 8 Conceded C 3 9 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
96% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 78%
61% 55% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 45% 43%
39% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 22%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 4%
48% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 55% 39%
9% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 43%
43% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 22%
 
3.3 3.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.2 6
5.7 5.6 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.3 3
2.2 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 1.9
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
5.6 6 4.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.3 12.6
2.1 2.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 5.3 5.5
36% 48% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 34% 33%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • All of Smorgon's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dinamo Minsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dinamo Minsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dinamo Minsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Smorgon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Smorgon have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon 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 23 15 6 2 45 21 13 11 1 1 27 10 10 4 5 1 18 11 24 51
2 Shakhtyor 20 16 2 2 42 11 10 9 1 0 24 3 10 7 1 2 18 8 31 50
3 Dinamo Minsk 23 15 3 5 40 16 12 9 0 3 22 7 11 6 3 2 18 9 24 48
4 Ruh Brest 23 13 8 2 40 15 11 9 2 0 25 3 12 4 6 2 15 12 25 47
5 Gomel 22 13 5 4 45 19 10 7 3 0 24 5 12 6 2 4 21 14 26 44
6 Vitebsk 23 8 9 6 31 25 12 5 6 1 18 7 11 3 3 5 13 18 6 33
7 Dinamo Brest 23 7 10 6 26 23 12 3 6 3 12 13 11 4 4 3 14 10 3 31
8 Neman Grodno 23 7 6 10 29 28 12 4 3 5 17 13 11 3 3 5 12 15 1 27
9 Ynergetyk-BDU 22 7 6 9 26 28 11 3 4 4 12 12 11 4 2 5 14 16 -2 27
10 Isloch 23 7 6 10 31 39 11 4 2 5 12 12 12 3 4 5 19 27 -8 27
11 Torpedo BelAZ 22 7 4 11 21 30 11 3 2 6 10 13 11 4 2 5 11 17 -9 25
12 Minsk 22 6 6 10 26 38 10 3 4 3 16 19 12 3 2 7 10 19 -12 24
13 Slutsk 23 5 7 11 24 38 12 4 4 4 20 23 11 1 3 7 4 15 -14 22
14 Slavia 22 4 6 12 26 41 11 1 4 6 12 21 11 3 2 6 14 20 -15 18
15 Smorgon 23 2 7 14 20 51 11 1 4 6 12 20 12 1 3 8 8 31 -31 13
16 Sputnik 23 2 1 20 12 61 11 1 0 10 6 34 12 1 1 10 6 27 -49 7

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.