On paper it looks like advantage Vitebsk in this game against Slavia, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our full match preview!
- Vitebsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Slavia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Vitebsk and Slavia 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.
Vitebsk form and stats
3 victories, 5 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Vitebsk have to build on here in the Vysshaya Liga.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Arsenal (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) in the Belarusian Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.
Preceding that match was the home Vysshaya Liga game against Torpedo BelAZ that was lost 0-1.The Vitebsk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Vitebsk have only let in 3 goals at home.
Slavia form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Slavia so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Belarusian Cup home defeat versus BATE with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Slavia were so close to getting something from the game against BATE, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime.
Preceding that game was the away Vysshaya Liga victory against Smorgon with the score of 2-0.The visiting Slavia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Slavia, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Slavia - Vitebsk 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vitebsk four wins, three draws and Slavia three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Teverov 5 goals |   F. Narh 5 goals | J. Basilio da Silva 3 goals |
Vitebsk missing players
Slavia missing players
| Vitebsk | Slavia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 20 | 10 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 16 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 16 | 32 |
| 61% | 44% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 44% | 33% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 88% | 88% |
| 28% | 22% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 53% |
| 28% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 22% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 59% |
| 61% | 78% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 56% | 67% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 4.1 | 3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 8.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 36% | 40% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 47% | 39% |
- Slavia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Slavia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 43 |
| 2 | BATE | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | Ruh Brest | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | Gomel | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 32 |
| 6 | Dinamo Brest | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Minsk | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Vitebsk | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Torpedo BelAZ | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 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 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Neman Grodno | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 13 | Slutsk | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 15 |
| 14 | Slavia | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 13 |
| 15 | Smorgon | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -27 | 8 |
| 16 | Sputnik | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -34 | 7 |