Europa League betting and spectator preview: Dinamo Minsk and Piast Gliwice meet at Stadyen Dynama to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
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!
These teams have little in common geographically as Piast Gliwice have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Dinamo Minsk form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 1st qualifying round.Overall Vysshaya Liga stats at home this season for Dinamo Minsk are 6-1-3 (wins-draw-losses). Dinamo Minsk has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadyen Dynama, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Dinamo Minsk are returning here after visiting Slutsk in a Vysshaya Liga game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Yevgeni Shikavka (2) scored the goal(s). Prior to that, an away loss at Neman Grodno in the Vysshaya Liga.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Dinamo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Dinamo Minsk here at Stadyen Dynama in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). As for guarding their own goal, Dinamo Minsk have only let in 4 goals at home.
Piast Gliwice form and stats
Gliwice was sent out of Europa League in the 2nd qualifying round last season.0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Piast Gliwice in their Ekstraklasa matches away. Gliwice has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Gliwice play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Slask Wrocaw. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Resovia Rzeszow.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gliwice playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Piast Gliwice wins, two draws and four defeats.
After this away game Gliwice return home for a Ekstraklasa game against Pogon Szczecin. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Piast Gliwice has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Schikavko 8 goals | I. Bakhar 5 goals |  K. Bručić 2 goals |
Dinamo Minsk missing players
Piast Gliwice missing players
| Dinamo Minsk | Piast Gliwice | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 247 | 133 | Total Shots | T S | 121 | 255 | ||
| 108 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 93 | ||
| 25% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 25 | 43 |
| 2 | BATE | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 21 | 40 |
| 3 | Neman Grodno | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Isloch | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 35 |
| 5 | Torpedo BelAZ | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | Ruh Brest | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Dinamo Minsk | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Dinamo Brest | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| 10 | Vitebsk | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Slavia | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 23 |
| 12 | Slutsk | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 21 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 20 |
| 14 | Belshina | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 15 | Minsk | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | Smolevichy-STI | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -17 | 14 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slask Wrocaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Legia Warszawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Zagebie Lubin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Lech Poznan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Pogon Szczecin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Rakow Czestochowa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Piast Gliwice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Cracovia Krakow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 |