The Belarus Premier League resumes on Friday evening and there are two games to enjoy. The first of which takes place at the Stadyen Tarpeda as Torpedo Zhodino meet FC Smolevichi.
The hosts begin the weekend in 3rd place on 18 points, 4 points behind the leaders BATE. The visitors are down in 15th place, which is inside the relegation zone and they have only 4 points to their name.
Torpedo Zhodino come into the match having lost 3-1 at Neman Grodno last weekend. It was a disappointing result against the team who are currently in 13th place and ended a run of 6 matches undefeated in the league for Torpedo Zhodino.
Prior to the defeat at Neman Grodno, Torpedo Zhodino beat Energetyk-BGU and Gorodeya plus defeated Minsk convincingly 5-2 away from home. They also picked up a point in a good 0-0 draw at BATE so Torpedo Zhodino will be hoping to return to winning ways in this match.
Trends show Torpedo Zhodino have been difficult to beat at home and they have lost only 2 of their last 14 Belarus Premier League games at the Stadyen Tarpeda. They have kept a clean sheet in 6 of their last 9 home league matches and Torpedo Zhodino have won by 2 or more goals 4 of their last 8 home league games.
FC Smolevichi have been struggling this season and last weekend they picked up a point in a 0-0 draw at Ruh Brest. That was actually a decent result considering prior to the game FC Smolevichi had won only 3 points. Their form heading into this match is poor and they have failed to win any of their last 9 games. In fact, FC Smolevichi are one of only two teams in the Belarus Premier League who are yet to win a match this season.
Interestingly, 3 of their 4 points have been won away from home at Dinamo Brest, Belshina and Ruh Brest. All 4 of their away matches this season have seen under 2.5 goals scored and FC Smolevichi have conceded no more than a single goal in each of them. However, they have been struggling to score goals themselves and have managed only 2 goals in their 4 away league games.
Trends show FC Smolevichi have lost 3 of their last 5 league matches by a margin of 2 or more goals.
Team news and Torpedo Zhodino are without the injured trio of defender Vladimir Shcherbo, midfielder Ilya Kukharchik and winger Mikhail Afanasjev. Kirill Leonovich may start the match having appeared from the bench last week.
FC Smolevichi have Aleksey Turik back from suspension and the winger could return to the starting XI for this game.
There is no doubt Torpedo Zhodino are the clear favourites to win this game but despite their poor overall record FC Smolevichi have not been easy to beat away from home. However, expect to see Torpedo Zhodino win the game and keep a clean sheet in the process.
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