Here's what we know about the Gomel - Minsk match:

Gomel 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.

This pitch has grass, which is not Minsk's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Minsk have performed like this: Played 29 matches resulting in 5 wins, 7 draws and 17 defeats with the goal stats 25-44 (scored/conceded).

Gomel are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Minsk is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Gomel form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Gomel have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Tsentralny. With eleven home games in a row without a win, the Gomel fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Ynergetyk-BDU game long ago, can be stopped today.

In their previous game, the manager A. Kulchiy led his Gomel to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Slavia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tsentralny. Preceding that match was a defeat to Dinamo Brest (1-2).

A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Slavia) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Gomel perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gomel as a small favourite), we find ten games. Gomel has won 0 of these, drawn 5 and lost 5.

Gomel are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 attempts. Gomel have conceded 22 from these games.

Minsk form and stats

Minsk have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-4-8 (13 played).

Minsk are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Premier League against Slutsk (placed 13th). A 0-1 defeat away at Neman Grodno before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Minsk playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were 2 Minsk wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Minsk have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Minsk have conceded 23 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Minsk - Gomel 3-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Gomel victories, 1 draw and 3 Minsk wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

V. Kvashuk 12 goals

R. Bolov 9 goals

O. Vasyliev 9 goals

Gomel missing players

Minsk missing players

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		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Dinamo Brest	27	21	5	1	65	20	14	10	3	1	43	12	13	11	2	0	22	8	45	68
2	BATE	27	19	4	4	54	19	14	11	1	2	31	10	13	8	3	2	23	9	35	61
3	Shakhtyor	26	17	5	4	50	19	13	10	2	1	33	10	13	7	3	3	17	9	31	56
4	Dinamo Minsk	28	15	5	8	42	33	14	9	1	4	25	14	14	6	4	4	17	19	9	50
5	Isloch	27	13	6	8	40	32	13	8	3	2	19	7	14	5	3	6	21	25	8	45
6	Torpedo BelAZ	27	13	6	8	38	30	14	7	4	3	20	12	13	6	2	5	18	18	8	45
7	Gorodeya	27	12	7	8	29	25	14	7	3	4	15	14	13	5	4	4	14	11	4	43
8	Minsk	27	8	8	11	34	42	14	7	4	3	20	19	13	1	4	8	14	23	-8	32
9	Neman Grodno	27	9	5	13	23	34	13	3	4	6	6	12	14	6	1	7	17	22	-11	32
10	Slavia	27	8	7	12	30	35	14	4	3	7	18	21	13	4	4	5	12	14	-5	31
11	Vitebsk	27	8	7	12	23	34	13	4	5	4	14	13	14	4	2	8	9	21	-11	31
12	Dnyapro	28	7	6	15	27	36	14	6	2	6	18	14	14	1	4	9	9	22	-9	27
13	Slutsk	27	7	6	14	24	45	13	4	3	6	12	25	14	3	3	8	12	20	-21	27
14	Ynergetyk-BDU	26	5	8	13	41	61	13	2	5	6	17	24	13	3	3	7	24	37	-20	23
15	Gomel	27	4	8	15	37	48	13	1	4	8	16	22	14	3	4	7	21	26	-11	20
16	Tarpeda	25	1	3	21	4	48	12	1	1	10	2	23	13	0	2	11	2	25	-44	6