The second of three games to be played on Saturday the 16th of May in the Belarus Premier League is between Shakhter Soligorsk and Slavia Mozyr. The match will be played at Stadyen Budaŭnik and the hosts come into the game on 12 points while the visitors are just one point behind on 11 points.
Shakhter Soligorsk are in good form having won 3 and drawn one of their last 4 matches in all competitions. The run started with a 2-0 win at Dinamo Brest followed by a 4-2 victory at home over the same team in the Cup. Shakhter Soligorsk then produced one of their best performances of the season as they defeated Isloch 4-0 at home. Considering Isloch are currently 3 points ahead of Shakhter Soligorsk, this was an excellent result.
Last weekend, Shakhter Soligorsk picked up a point in a 0-0 draw at Vitebsk. They had the better of the game but could not make the breakthrough and were forced to settle for a draw.
Trends show Shakhter Soligorsk have been difficult to beat in recent Belarus Premier League matches and have lost only 4 of their last 27 games. They have kept a clean sheet in 6 of their last 7 league games including each of their last 3 matches. Over 2.5 goals have been seen in 9 of Shakhter Soligorsk's last 12 home matches in Premier League.
Slavia Mozyr made a return to winning ways on the 3rd of May thanks to a 3-2 victory at Vitebsk in the Belarus Premier League. That win followed 3 straight defeats, 2 of which were in the league and the other in the Cup. Last weekend, Slavia Mozyr were held to a 0-0 draw by Torpedo BelAZ at home, a team who begin this weekend sitting third in the table.
Trend show Slavia Mozyr have been an entertaining team to watch this season and have seen over 2.5 goals in 6 of their last 8 Belarus Premier League matches. The same statistic applies to both teams scoring and while Slavia Mozyr have shown an ability to score goals, they have struggled to keep them out of their own net.
Team news and Shakhter Soligorsk will be without defender Ruslan Khadarkevich who was sent off in the final minute of the game last weekend. Striker Vitali Lisakovich remains their top goal scorer and is expected to start up-front for Shakhter Soligorsk.
Slavia Mozyr do not have a single player in their squad who has managed to score more than 2 goals this season. Striker Maksym Slyusar will be hoping to start the game having scored 2 goals in just 2 matches.
Judging by the statistics for both teams coming into this game we should see both finding the back of the net and over 2.5 goals scored. However, Shakhter Soligorsk have home advantage and are the team in the better form so they should come through to take maximum points.
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