Struggling Sputnik will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Shakhtyor in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Sputnik have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the most scored goals (18) in Vysshaya Liga
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.
Sputnik form and stats
Sputnik have played three Vysshaya Liga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Game days at KFP Minsk Iskusstvennoe pole have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Sputnik as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
The fans are hoping that Sputnik will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Vysshaya Liga game against Smorgon (placed 14th). Preceding that match was the home game against Isloch that was lost 1-5.
The lack of attacking qualities in Sputnik means that they have only scored 1 goal in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Sputnik have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Shakhtyor form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Vysshaya Liga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats from 15 matches.
Shakhtyor had fun at their own home (KFP Minsk Iskusstvennoe pole) last time out, beating Ruh Brest 4-1. Gleb Shevchenko and Dembo Darboe (3) scored. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Isloch.
Dembo Darboe certainly enjoyed Shakhtyor's last game versus Ruh Brest, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Shakhtyor manager R. Grigorchuk as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Isloch.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Shakhtyor has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Darboe 8 goals | J. Kendysh 2 goals |  A. Kholodinskiy 1 goals |
Sputnik missing players
Shakhtyor missing players
| Sputnik | Shakhtyor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 14 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10 | 12.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 5.2 |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 58% |
- All of Shakhtyor's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Shakhtyor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shakhtyor have scored in all their matches so far.
- Shakhtyor have scored more than double the goals of Sputnik.
- Shakhtyor have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the most scored goals (18) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have the the best goal difference (+15) in Vysshaya Liga
- Shakhtyor have won all their games so far.
- Shakhtyor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shakhtyor is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Sputnik have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sputnik have lost all their home matches so far.
- Sputnik have the fewest points (0) at home in Vysshaya Liga
- Sputnik have the most conceded goals (10) at home in Vysshaya Liga
- Sputnik have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Vysshaya Liga
- Sputnik have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Vysshaya Liga
- Sputnik 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 | Shakhtyor | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | BATE | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | Dinamo Brest | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Gomel | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Ruh Brest | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Isloch | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Minsk | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Vitebsk | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Torpedo BelAZ | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Slutsk | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 13 | Slavia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Smorgon | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | -11 | 4 |
| 15 | Neman Grodno | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Sputnik | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -12 | 3 |