Vysshaya Liga prediction and preview: Vitebsk modest favorites to beat Ynergetyk-BDU

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski (8144 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Vitebsk in 10th and Ynergetyk-BDU in 9th place.

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!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Ynergetyk-BDU have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-6-12 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.

Vitebsk are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture.

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Vitebsk form and stats

5-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Vysshaya Liga numbers at home for Vitebsk so far this season.

A Vysshaya Liga defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Dinamo Minsk.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vitebsk handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and two defeats.

The Vitebsk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. From these home matches, Vitebsk have conceded only 10 goals.

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Ynergetyk-BDU form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Vysshaya Liga.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Isloch.

We have checked recent matches where Ynergetyk-BDU have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, zero draws and three defeats.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Ynergetyk-BDU have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ynergetyk-BDU - Vitebsk 3-3. Last five meetings between the teams: Vitebsk won two, Ynergetyk-BDU won two and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ynergetyk-BDUD. Bakić
D. Bakić
5 goals
Ynergetyk-BDUY. Yudchits
Y. Yudchits
3 goals
Ynergetyk-BDUD. Girs
D. Girs
3 goals

Vitebsk missing players

Ynergetyk-BDU missing players

Vitebsk Ynergetyk-BDU
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 3 12 24
7 5 1 Won W 1 5 10
10 5 1 Drew D 1 2 5
8 2 0 Lost L 1 5 9
24 14 2 Scored S 2 11 34
30 10 1 Conceded C 2 13 35
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 96%
56% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 75%
24% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 50%
24% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
16% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 21%
40% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 54%
36% 58% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 25%
32% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
295 166 21 Total Shots T S 27 125 259
116 61 7 Shots on Target S O 8 49 118
21% 23% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 22% 29%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Vitebsk has the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Vitebsk has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Vitebsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 BATE 25 15 4 6 54 28 13 7 3 3 25 13 12 8 1 3 29 15 26 49
2 Neman Grodno 25 14 5 6 34 22 12 8 2 2 18 8 13 6 3 4 16 14 12 47
3 Shakhtyor 24 13 7 4 43 14 12 8 2 2 27 5 12 5 5 2 16 9 29 46
4 Isloch 25 13 3 9 39 35 12 8 2 2 22 13 13 5 1 7 17 22 4 42
5 Torpedo BelAZ 25 11 8 6 39 31 13 7 3 3 18 14 12 4 5 3 21 17 8 41
6 Ruh Brest 25 10 9 6 46 27 13 4 4 5 20 19 12 6 5 1 26 8 19 39
7 Dinamo Minsk 25 12 3 10 30 22 13 8 1 4 14 9 12 4 2 6 16 13 8 39
8 Dinamo Brest 23 12 2 9 43 30 11 6 1 4 21 15 12 6 1 5 22 15 13 38
9 Ynergetyk-BDU 24 10 5 9 34 35 12 5 3 4 23 22 12 5 2 5 11 13 -1 35
10 Vitebsk 25 7 10 8 24 30 12 5 5 2 14 10 13 2 5 6 10 20 -6 31
11 Minsk 24 9 4 11 33 43 12 6 2 4 20 20 12 3 2 7 13 23 -10 31
12 Slavia 23 7 7 9 31 42 11 4 4 3 14 15 12 3 3 6 17 27 -11 28
13 Gorodeya 25 5 6 14 21 42 13 3 4 6 13 20 12 2 2 8 8 22 -21 21
14 Slutsk 23 6 3 14 25 45 12 3 3 6 14 18 11 3 0 8 11 27 -20 21
15 Belshina 24 5 5 14 27 45 12 2 2 8 13 25 12 3 3 6 14 20 -18 20
16 Smolevichy-STI 25 3 5 17 25 57 12 3 2 7 16 30 13 0 3 10 9 27 -32 14

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.