Smolevichy ‑ STI and Gorodeya meet at Stadion Ozernyj, in a match for Matchday 12 of the Premier League. The history of recent direct confrontations between these two teams indicates total balance, as there have been 2 victories for each team in the last 4 games. The last head ‑ to ‑ head between these two teams, on 02‑03‑2019, ended with the Smolevichy ‑ STI winning by (2‑1). Despite being a match between 15th and 13th in the table, it is actually a confrontation between the 16th ranked in home matches and the 7th ranked away.
Smolevichy-STI:
After 4 draws and 6 losses, the home team is currently in 15th position, with 4 points won. In their last match, they lost in an away match against Torpedo BelAZ, by (2‑1), after in the previous match they tied (0‑0) away, in a match against Ruh Brest. Curiously, this is a team that has achieved more positive results away than at their stadium, as they have won 3 points on the road and only 1 at their stadium. For the championship, the Smolevichy-STI conquered 1 point out of 15 possible, after 1 draw and 4 losses in the last 5 matches they played in their stadium.
For this competition, they did not win 10 games ago. The team allowed the opponent goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so he has not been very strong defensively. In 10 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never got the comeback.
In the Belarusian championship nothing has changed for Smolevichy. The team is in the penultimate position and has one of the worst numbers among all the elite teams. To make matters worse, he has yet to win and if the competition ended today he would not avoid relegation. Changes have to happen, anyway, because only then will you be able to get better results. As difficult as it is, there is a great need to go out on the field with all three points.
Gorodeya :
The visiting team is currently in 13th position, with 12 points won, after 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Slavia, by (1‑1). In the last match, they lost at home to Neman Grodno, by (0‑2). This is a team that usually achieves more positive results as a visitor than at home, since it conquered 8 points away and 4 in its stadium, with 5 goals scored and 6 suffered as a visitor, against 2 goals scored and 7 suffered at home. In his last 6 away games for the championship, Gorodeya registers 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, so he conquered 8 points in 18 possible.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 6 matches. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 11 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Gorodeya is the first team above the relegation zone and is still doing a much better campaign compared to the home team. For not wanting to lose points for an opponent fighting for the same goal, you know you cannot lose this game. We know that it will not be a high level technical match, but it is important to find ways to surprise the local team. Of course, a draw cannot be considered bad, for playing away from home, but the ideal is to return home with the three points. Visitors will depend only on themselves for a victory.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / NO @ 1,68
