Vitebsk vs Minsk preview for football fans

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski (8144 seats)

Showdown between Vitebsk - Minsk! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this fixture could be a riot!

Insights:
  • Vitebsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Minsk is in the worst form (0-1-5)

Vitebsk and Minsk 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.

4 - 5 - 17 with 27-49. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Minsk when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Minsk play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Vitebsk form and stats

Vitebsk have collected 18 points from their Vysshaya Liga home games so far after 4-6-1.

Vitebsk are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Gomel.

Ahead of that match, Vitebsk won a home game hosting Dinamo Brest (3-1).

Vitebsk has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Vitebsk are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Minsk form and stats

Minsk have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Vysshaya Liga, after 3-2-6 (11 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Minsk who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Sputnik was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Home advantage was not enough for Minsk in their previous game, as they lost their Vysshaya Liga-match, hosting Torpedo BelAZ, 0-2.

A 0-4 loss hosting Neman Grodno before that.

The attacking power of Minsk when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Minsk have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head meeting ended Minsk - Vitebsk 3-3, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Vitebsk victories, five draws and zero Minsk wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VitebskR. Teverov
R. Teverov
8 goals
MinskM. López
M. López
7 goals
VitebskJ. Basilio da Silva
J. Basilio da Silva
4 goals

Vitebsk missing players

Minsk missing players

Vitebsk Minsk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 2 11 21
7 4 2 Won W 0 3 6
9 6 2 Drew D 1 2 6
6 1 0 Lost L 1 6 9
28 15 9 Scored S 2 9 25
24 6 2 Conceded C 3 16 35
68% 55% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
55% 45% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 76%
41% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 57%
36% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 38%
23% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 10%
36% 27% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 36% 48%
50% 64% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 19%
45% 55% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 45% 33%
 
4.4 3.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 4.4
5.5 4.8 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.7 6
2.4 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.1 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8.3 9.3 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.4 7.3
3.5 3.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.7 3
38% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 37%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Minsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Minsk is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Vitebsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  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 19 16 2 1 42 10 10 9 1 0 24 3 9 7 1 1 18 7 32 50
2 BATE 22 14 6 2 44 21 12 10 1 1 26 10 10 4 5 1 18 11 23 48
3 Dinamo Minsk 22 14 3 5 38 15 11 8 0 3 20 6 11 6 3 2 18 9 23 45
4 Ruh Brest 22 12 8 2 37 15 11 9 2 0 25 3 11 3 6 2 12 12 22 44
5 Gomel 21 12 5 4 41 18 10 7 3 0 24 5 11 5 2 4 17 13 23 41
6 Dinamo Brest 22 7 10 5 26 20 11 3 6 2 12 10 11 4 4 3 14 10 6 31
7 Vitebsk 22 7 9 6 28 24 11 4 6 1 15 6 11 3 3 5 13 18 4 30
8 Isloch 22 7 6 9 30 37 11 4 2 5 12 12 11 3 4 4 18 25 -7 27
9 Torpedo BelAZ 21 7 4 10 21 29 10 3 2 5 10 12 11 4 2 5 11 17 -8 25
10 Ynergetyk-BDU 21 6 6 9 25 28 11 3 4 4 12 12 10 3 2 5 13 16 -3 24
11 Neman Grodno 22 6 6 10 24 28 11 3 3 5 12 13 11 3 3 5 12 15 -4 24
12 Minsk 21 6 6 9 25 35 10 3 4 3 16 19 11 3 2 6 9 16 -10 24
13 Slutsk 22 5 7 10 23 34 11 4 4 3 19 19 11 1 3 7 4 15 -11 22
14 Slavia 21 3 6 12 23 41 11 1 4 6 12 21 10 2 2 6 11 20 -18 15
15 Smorgon 22 2 7 13 20 46 11 1 4 6 12 20 11 1 3 7 8 26 -26 13
16 Sputnik 22 2 1 19 12 58 10 1 0 9 6 31 12 1 1 10 6 27 -46 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.