Vitebsk vs Slutsk: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Fri 24.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski (8144 seats)

With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Vitebsk fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Slutsk.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Vitebsk form and stats

The story so far in the Vysshaya Liga for Vitebsk at their home stadium (Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Vitebsk are confident in defense, having played 183 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Vitebsk's last game was hosting Smolevichy-STI (placed 15th) and winning 1-0. Before that, Vitebsk drew at home versus Neman Grodno.

Vitebsk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Vitebsk have conceded only 6 goals.

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Slutsk form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Slutsk playing as the away team in the Vysshaya Liga this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Slutsk, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

Slutsk are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Vysshaya Liga against Isloch (placed 10th). A 1-3 defeat away at Slavia before that.

Slutsk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). For Slutsk, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Slutsk - Vitebsk 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Vitebsk won four, Slutsk won four and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VitebskI. Nicolăescu
I. Nicolăescu
9 goals
SlutskA. Serdyuk
A. Serdyuk
5 goals
SlutskM. Umar
M. Umar
4 goals

Vitebsk missing players

Slutsk missing players

Vitebsk Slutsk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 2 8 17
6 4 3 Won W 2 3 6
8 4 0 Drew D 0 0 3
4 1 1 Lost L 0 5 8
18 9 5 Scored S 5 9 21
18 6 3 Conceded C 3 16 27
89% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 33% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 82%
22% 22% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 65%
22% 22% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 24%
11% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 12%
39% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 71%
44% 67% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
28% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 29%
 
5.2 5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 4.9
5.2 5.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.8 3.7
2.2 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3 2.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
194 102 57 Total Shots T S 17 86 188
82 41 26 Shots on Target S O 8 31 66
22% 22% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 29% 32%
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Slutsk has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • Slutsk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Slutsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Slutsk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Slutsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vitebsk has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)

  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 18 10 4 4 33 18 9 4 3 2 11 7 9 6 1 2 22 11 15 34
2 Shakhtyor 17 9 6 2 29 9 9 5 2 2 17 5 8 4 4 0 12 4 20 33
3 Neman Grodno 16 9 3 4 22 13 8 6 1 1 15 6 8 3 2 3 7 7 9 30
4 Ynergetyk-BDU 17 9 2 6 24 23 8 4 1 3 16 15 9 5 1 3 8 8 1 29
5 Dinamo Brest 16 8 2 6 31 20 8 4 1 3 17 12 8 4 1 3 14 8 11 26
6 Dinamo Minsk 17 8 2 7 21 13 9 5 1 3 8 4 8 3 1 4 13 9 8 26
7 Vitebsk 18 6 8 4 18 18 9 4 4 1 9 6 9 2 4 3 9 12 0 26
8 Torpedo BelAZ 17 7 5 5 21 20 8 5 1 2 10 8 9 2 4 3 11 12 1 26
9 Ruh Brest 18 6 7 5 23 17 9 3 2 4 7 10 9 3 5 1 16 7 6 25
10 Isloch 18 7 2 9 20 25 9 5 2 2 14 10 9 2 0 7 6 15 -5 23
11 Slavia 17 6 4 7 21 29 8 3 3 2 10 10 9 3 1 5 11 19 -8 22
12 Slutsk 17 6 3 8 21 27 9 3 3 3 12 11 8 3 0 5 9 16 -6 21
13 Gorodeya 18 5 4 9 17 29 9 3 2 4 9 12 9 2 2 5 8 17 -12 19
14 Minsk 15 4 3 8 17 28 7 2 2 3 9 14 8 2 1 5 8 14 -11 15
15 Smolevichy-STI 17 3 5 9 20 27 9 3 2 4 16 17 8 0 3 5 4 10 -7 14
16 Belshina 18 2 4 12 15 37 9 1 2 6 7 19 9 1 2 6 8 18 -22 10

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.