FK Smolevichy Continue Search for First Win of the Season
FC Smolevichi vs Shakhter Soligorsk - 12/04/2020
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There are three matches to be played in the Belarus Premier League on Sunday the 12th of April. One of which takes place at Stadyen FLC Oktyabrsky as FK Smolevichy take on FC Shakhter Soligorsk.
The hosts come into the game sitting in the relegation zone having picked up just a single point from their 3 matches played this season. The visitors are in a much stronger position having won 4 points from their 3 games and begin the weekend in 9th place.
FK Smolevichy started the campaign by picking up a decent point in a 1-1 draw at Dinamo Brest on the opening weekend of the season. However, they have since lost 2 matches, the first of which was a 1-0 defeat at Isloch and the second a 1-0 loss at home against Vitebsk. Therefore, it has been a less than impressive start to the season by FK Smolevichy.
One of their main issues has been scoring goals and they've only managed to find the back of the net once across their 3 league games. FK Smolevichy are also yet to keep a clean sheet this season having conceded exactly one goal in all 3 of their matches.
Having won promotion from the 1. Division by finishing second in the table last season, it was always going to be tough making the transition to the top-flight. FK Smolevichy will need to pick up a win soon if only for their confidence if nothing else.
FC Shakhter Soligorsk have had an inconsistent start to the season, winning one, drawing one and losing one of their 3 league matches. They started the campaign with a 1-0 loss at home against Torpedo BelAZ before picking up their first win of the season by defeating Gorodeya 2-0 away. Returning to their home ground, FC Shakhter Soligorsk once again failed to produce the goods in front of their own fans as they were held to a 1-1 draw with Neman Grodno.
FC Shakhter Soligorsk were eliminated from the cup competition in midweek as they lost 2-0 at Dinamo Brest on Wednesday night. However, Shakhter Soligorsk are undefeated in 17 of their last 20 Premier League games, meaning they are difficult to beat. In addition, trends show in 7 of their last 8 away league games, there have been under 2.5 goals.
Looking ahead to the team news and FK Smolevichy may make a couple of changes to their starting XI from last week. Aleksey Turik and Sergey Rusak could come into the team.
Shakhter Soligorsk will have to assess their players following the cup match on Wednesday night. The Georgian duo of Giorgi Diasamidze and Lasha Shindagoridze could both feature having come off the bench in that match.
One thing which seems certain ahead of this game is we are unlikely to see many goals. FC Shakhter Soligorsk are the stronger team and could take maximum points with under 2.5 goals scored.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
By1
193546
2
0 - 2
1.83
9°
2.27
2.80
3.69
2.27
1
-1
1
0 - 0(0 - 0)
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