Evenly matched teams: Vitebsk vs Dinamo Brest match preview

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Vitebsk and Dinamo Brest have both played out a "par" performance until now, to use a golf expression. Both teams hold mid-table positions in the Vysshaya Liga.

Insights:
  • Vitebsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Dinamo Brest have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Vysshaya Liga

Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an enthusiastic match!

This football pitch uses the playing surface grass, unlike Dinamo Brest's home arena. The previous 32 games by the guests on grass have ended with 18 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses.

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Vitebsk form and stats

The overall Vysshaya Liga stats playing at home this season for Vitebsk are 3-6-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Vitebsk, who won 2-1 against Slutsk (placed 13th).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Slavia that ended 2-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Vitebsk have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost three.

Vitebsk has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Vitebsk have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Dinamo Brest form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Dinamo Brest playing as the away team in the Vysshaya Liga this season.

Dinamo won their last game, 3-2 versus Torpedo BelAZ played at home. An amazing comeback from Dinamo last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Pavel Sedko scoring the winning goal in the 84th minute.

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

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dinamo Brest playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were two Dinamo Brest wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

The visiting Dinamo have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. Dinamo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Dinamo Brest - Vitebsk 0-0 was the result in these teams' latest head to head match, played this season. Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Vitebsk won one, Dinamo Brest triumphed in seven and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Dinamo BrestS. Bilenkiy
S. Bilenkiy
8 goals
Dinamo BrestP. Sedko
P. Sedko
7 goals
VitebskR. Teverov
R. Teverov
6 goals

Vitebsk missing players

Dinamo Brest missing players

Vitebsk Dinamo Brest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 1 Played P 2 10 20
6 3 1 Won W 0 4 7
9 6 0 Drew D 1 4 9
5 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
24 12 3 Scored S 1 13 25
19 5 2 Conceded C 2 7 17
65% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
50% 40% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 70%
35% 30% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 10% 25%
30% 30% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 20%
20% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
30% 20% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 45%
55% 70% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 40%
50% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 25%
 
4.3 3.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.1 4.9
5.7 5.1 7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.8 4.1
2.4 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.5 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8 8.3 8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.7 9.2
3.3 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 3.8
38% 40% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 30% 33%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Dinamo Brest have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Dinamo Brest have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Dinamo Brest have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Dinamo Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vitebsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Vitebsk have won significantly less corners at 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 17 15 2 0 39 9 9 8 1 0 21 3 8 7 1 0 18 6 30 47
2 BATE 20 13 5 2 39 18 11 10 0 1 24 8 9 3 5 1 15 10 21 44
3 Ruh Brest 20 11 7 2 35 14 10 8 2 0 24 3 10 3 5 2 11 11 21 40
4 Dinamo Minsk 20 12 3 5 35 15 10 7 0 3 18 6 10 5 3 2 17 9 20 39
5 Gomel 19 10 5 4 36 17 9 6 3 0 20 4 10 4 2 4 16 13 19 35
6 Dinamo Brest 20 7 9 4 25 17 10 3 5 2 12 10 10 4 4 2 13 7 8 30
7 Vitebsk 20 6 9 5 24 19 10 3 6 1 12 5 10 3 3 4 12 14 5 27
8 Ynergetyk-BDU 19 6 6 7 25 24 10 3 4 3 12 11 9 3 2 4 13 13 1 24
9 Minsk 19 6 6 7 25 31 9 3 4 2 16 17 10 3 2 5 9 14 -6 24
10 Isloch 20 6 5 9 26 35 10 3 2 5 10 12 10 3 3 4 16 23 -9 23
11 Torpedo BelAZ 19 6 4 9 19 28 9 3 2 4 10 11 10 3 2 5 9 17 -9 22
12 Neman Grodno 20 5 6 9 21 26 10 2 3 5 9 13 10 3 3 4 12 13 -5 21
13 Slutsk 20 4 6 10 21 33 10 3 4 3 17 18 10 1 2 7 4 15 -12 18
14 Slavia 19 3 5 11 21 38 10 1 3 6 11 20 9 2 2 5 10 18 -17 14
15 Smorgon 20 1 7 12 16 43 10 1 4 5 11 17 10 0 3 7 5 26 -27 10
16 Sputnik 20 2 1 17 12 52 9 1 0 8 6 28 11 1 1 9 6 24 -40 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.