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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Junost

The season has been rough for Smorgon so far, while Ruh Brest have done well. Will the away team take a new scalp at Stadyen Junost?

Insights:
  • Smorgon is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Ruh Brest have the most clean sheets (12) in Vysshaya Liga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Smorgon form and stats

Smorgon's results here at Stadyen Junost in the Vysshaya Liga have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 13 attempts.

Smorgon drew their last game, also a home match. Shakhtyor (placed 1st) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Opportunity lost for Smorgon in the Shakhtyor match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

Ahead of that match, Smorgon lost 0-2 at home to Slavia.

Smorgon has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.

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Ruh Brest form and stats

3-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ruh Brest, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Vysshaya Liga, in their Vysshaya Liga matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Brest as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

The supporters enjoyed Brest's previous game versus Isloch (placed 11th), a Vysshaya Liga 7-1 win played at home. As mentioned above, Brest was the only team on the pitch versus Isloch in their previous game, winning 7-1. This could be a tougher task.

A 0-2 defeat away at Dinamo Brest before that.

Brest have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Brest have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled before this season: Ruh Brest - Smorgon 5-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - zero - three (Smorgon wins - draws - Ruh Brest wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ruh BrestD. Laptev
D. Laptev
8 goals
Ruh BrestD. Grechiho
D. Grechiho
4 goals
Ruh BrestA. Kontsevoy
A. Kontsevoy
4 goals

Smorgon missing players

Ruh Brest missing players

Smorgon Ruh Brest
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 1 9 19
1 1 0 Won W 1 3 11
6 3 1 Drew D 0 4 6
12 5 1 Lost L 0 2 2
15 10 3 Scored S 1 10 34
42 16 4 Conceded C 0 10 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 84%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 63%
58% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 37%
37% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 26%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 21%
47% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 37%
5% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 56% 63%
47% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 16%
 
3.3 3.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 5.1
5.6 5.4 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 5.3
2.2 2.2 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 1.8
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
5.9 6.6 5 Shots (avg) S ( 15 7.4 10.2
2.2 2.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.4 4.8
36% 48% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 45% 39%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • All of Smorgon's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ruh Brest have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ruh Brest have scored more than double the goals of Smorgon.
  • Ruh Brest have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Ruh Brest have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Ruh Brest have the most clean sheets (12) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Ruh Brest have the most clean sheets (5) away in Vysshaya Liga
  • Ruh Brest have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Ruh Brest have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Smorgon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Smorgon have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Smorgon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Smorgon is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 16 14 2 0 35 9 9 8 1 0 21 3 7 6 1 0 14 6 26 44
2 BATE 19 13 4 2 38 17 11 10 0 1 24 8 8 3 4 1 14 9 21 43
3 Dinamo Minsk 19 12 3 4 35 13 10 7 0 3 18 6 9 5 3 1 17 7 22 39
4 Ruh Brest 19 11 6 2 34 13 10 8 2 0 24 3 9 3 4 2 10 10 21 39
5 Gomel 18 9 5 4 34 17 8 5 3 0 18 4 10 4 2 4 16 13 17 32
6 Dinamo Brest 19 6 9 4 22 15 9 2 5 2 9 8 10 4 4 2 13 7 7 27
7 Vitebsk 19 5 9 5 22 18 10 3 6 1 12 5 9 2 3 4 10 13 4 24
8 Minsk 18 6 6 6 25 27 8 3 4 1 16 13 10 3 2 5 9 14 -2 24
9 Torpedo BelAZ 18 6 4 8 17 25 9 3 2 4 10 11 9 3 2 4 7 14 -8 22
10 Ynergetyk-BDU 17 5 5 7 21 23 9 3 3 3 11 10 8 2 2 4 10 13 -2 20
11 Isloch 19 5 5 9 23 35 9 2 2 5 7 12 10 3 3 4 16 23 -12 20
12 Neman Grodno 19 4 6 9 17 26 10 2 3 5 9 13 9 2 3 4 8 13 -9 18
13 Slutsk 19 4 6 9 20 31 9 3 4 2 16 16 10 1 2 7 4 15 -11 18
14 Slavia 18 3 5 10 21 34 9 1 3 5 11 16 9 2 2 5 10 18 -13 14
15 Smorgon 19 1 6 12 15 42 9 1 3 5 10 16 10 0 3 7 5 26 -27 9
16 Sputnik 18 2 1 15 12 46 8 1 0 7 6 25 10 1 1 8 6 21 -34 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.