Neman Grodno will be relieved to be returning to the more familiar surroundings of their Stadyen Nyoman for this Saturday’s clash against Rukh Brest after being handed a heavy 3-1 loss on the road at BATE on Sunday.
It’s been a mixed start to this new Vysshaya Liga campaign for Neman Grodno who have captured two wins to date in this season’s top flight, both of which were achieved on home turf with victories gained over Vitebsk 2-0 and a 3-0 win over Energetyk-BGU.
Within their total of 7 matches played to date though, these have been the only real highlights for Saturday’s hosts as they’ve also been held to draws by Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0-0 away from home and a disappointing 1-1 draw with early strugglers, Belshina.
In addition, Neman Grodno have been dealt defeats by Dinamo Minsk and the aforementioned BATE but both of these were away from home, while Neman Grodno still remain unbeaten at home in the Vysshaya Liga to date this term.
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Results at home in recent times though give the hosts plenty of confidence as they’ve put together a 6-match unbeaten run prior to this weekend’s action.
Onto Rukh Brest, and the visitors lifted themselves up into 11th place following their recent 1-1 draw at home with Gorodeya on the weekend which has also seen them put together an unbeaten 4-match sequence in the Belarus top flight.
Points picked up in draws with Slavia Mozyr, Torpedo Zhodino and Gorodeya along with a 1-0 home win over FC Minsk should also give Rukh Brest belief that they can take something from this upcoming trip to face Neman Grodno this Saturday.
It’s been a slow but steady recovery for Rukh Brest who had started the new Vysshaya Liga season in disastrous fashion as they’d lost their opening two matches of the new term, being handed defeats by Energetyk-BGU and BATE respectively, but they’ve since steadied the ship somewhat.
Results away from home have been indifferent so far this season for Rukh Brest who have won 1, drawn 2 and lost 1 on their travels, but they head into this encounter having drawn back-to-back matches at Slavia Mozyr and Torpedo Zhodino, both of which were 0-0 stalemates.