Second Place Vitebsk Could Move Top with Win at Isloch
FC Isloch vs FK Vitebsk - 26/04/2020
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On Sunday the 26th of April there are three matches to look forward to in the Belarus Premier League. The final game to kick off on that day features the team who begin the weekend in second place as Vitebsk travel to Isloch.
The match will be played at Stadion FK Minsk, the home of Isloch, who start this round of fixtures in 6th place but only 1 point behind the visitors.
Isloch come into the game having returned to winning ways last weekend as they defeated Slavia 2-1 at home. It was an important victory as they had started the season strongly by winning 2 games in succession but things took a turn for the worse in week three of the season. Isloch lost 3-2 at home against Slutsk before falling to another league defeat at Dinamo Brest, losing 3-1.
Trends show they have been difficult to beat at home in recent Belarus Premier League games, remaining unbeaten in 7 of their 8 most recent home matches. Isloch have won 3 of their last 4 home League games and have been entertaining to watch in-front of their own fans in their last 2 home matches, which have seen both teams score and over 2.5 goals.
However, Isloch tend to keep things tight and in 8 of their last 10 home games in the Belarus Premier League, there have been under 2.5 goals scored.
Vitebsk are one of only three teams to have lost only one match so far this season. The defeat came at Neman Grodno in the second weekend of the 2020 campaign and was a 2-0 loss. Prior to that defeat, Vitebsk beat Gorodeya 1-0 at home on the opening day of the season.
Having tasted defeat at Neman Grodno, Vitebsk have since beaten Smolevichy-STI away and Dinamo Brest at home, both of which ended 1-0. Sandwiched between those two victories was a 1-1 draw at Slutsk.
Trends show Vitebsk have been defeated by 2 or more goals in 7 of their last 14 away matches in Premier League. However, recently they have not been seeing many goals in their games and in 13 of Vitebsk's last 14 games in the Belarus Premier League, there have been under 2.5 goals scored.
Looking ahead to the team news and Isloch will be looking toward Aleksandr Makas for goals. However, he has 2 goals to his name and should be joined in attack by Dmitri Komarovskiy and Momo Yansane, who also have 2 goals each.
Vitebsk have really been struggling for goals this season. They have found the back of the net only 4 times in 5 matches. Young Moldovan striker Ion Nicolăescu has scored half of those goals and he looks the main threat going forward for Vitebsk.
This is a match which, considering the form of both teams, is unlikely to produce a lot of goals. We should see under 2.5 goals scored and the hosts coming out on top, possibly with a clean sheet.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
By1
392635
1
2 - 0
2.21
5°
2.12
2.12
2.98
3.45
1
-1
-1
2 - 0(1 - 0)
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