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FC Minsk vs Zhodino Prediction & Betting tips
Although the first European leagues are preparing to continue playing, it is important to turn attention back to Belarus this weekend. The seventh game day is on the agenda in the Belarusian league.
Among other things, FC Minsk receives the team from Zhodino in the Torpedo Stadium. After a good start to the season, the hosts went through a dry spell of three defeats in a row before scoring again last weekend. With a home win on Saturday, the leap into the top group is possible again.
But with Torpedo Zhodino comes a visit from a team that has been convincing so far this season and is currently in third place in the table of the Vysshaya League. In particular, the good defense of the black oranges was a guarantee of success in the games played and will make life difficult for coach Andrey Razin’s domestic offensive.
An open and balanced game can be expected, in which nuances are probably the deciding factor. This is also shown by the bookmakers’ assessment. The kick-off at Minsk Torpedo Stadium will take place on Saturday at 12 p.m.
FC Minsk:
FC Minsk has been represented throughout the Belarusian Vysshaya League since 2009. After the Red-Blues had secured a secure midfield position in last season with tenth place, the hosts have so far shown a balanced balance in the current season.
After six games, the team of head coach Andrey Razin has three wins and three losses. With the nine points collected, FC is in eighth place in the table and the lead over relegation place is a remarkable six points. So it is certainly allowed to take a look at the upper table regions. The gap to the third-placed opponents from Zhodino is only two measly counters.
With a home win against Torpedo, the red and blue would pass the black oranges. Just in time for this trend-setting duel, the Minsk team got back on the road to success last weekend. After three defeats in a row at Energetik-BGU (0: 2), against BATE Borisov (0: 3) and at Rukh Brest (0: 1), in which the FC did not score a single goal, the Razin eleven won last Saturday 3-1 at Slavia Mozyr.
With the second victory in a row, the leap back to the top group should succeed. The hosts always guarantee entertainment. Already 19 goals were scored in the games with the participation of the red-blue ones. Of the nine goals scored by Minsk, Roman Gribovski and Vladimir Khvashchinsky each had two credits on their credit.
Only the leaders from Sluzk have scored more goals than the home side. With ten goals conceded, however, no other goalkeeper got the ball out of his own net as often as the Minsk keeper Artem Leonov. Nevertheless, the betting providers in the game FC Minsk vs Torpedo Zhodino predict that only a few goals can be expected.
Internationally, the red-blues have not yet torn down any trees and missed the group stage in two UEFA Europa League appearances.
Torpedo Zhodino:
The cup winner of the year 2016 is one of the positive appearances of the current season. After coach Yuri Puntus had some teething problems after his commitment and finished last season with his team in sixth, things have been going very well this year.
Of the six games completed, the black oranges won three victorious and in two games Torpedo won at least one draw. The guests currently have eleven points on their credit side and are in third place in the table, which means the qualification for the Europa League in Belarus. The gap to the leaders FK Sluzk is only two points, so that it is possible to jump to the top of the table this weekend.
Torpedo has been unbeaten for three games. In addition to the two goalless draws against Rukh Brest and BATE Borisov, they also managed a 2-0 home win against the team of the State University Energetics-BGU. The only loss of the season so far was Zhodino at Dinamo Minsk.
A look at the goal difference quickly shows the weaknesses and strengths of the team of head coach Yuri Puntus. With just two goals conceded in the previous six championship games, the black oranges have the absolute top value in the league. However, there are only a few teams whose offensive is even more harmless than that of Torpedo. It’s amazing that with just four goals scored, eleven points have already been collected.
The top scorer is the Brazilian Gabriel Ramos, who was signed by Dinamo Batumi at the start of the season and has half of the hits in his account. The guests go into this duel as a slight outsider. All interesting analyzes on the games of the Vysshaya League can be found in the Betting Tips International section of the betting base.
FC Minsk vs Zhodino head to head matches
17.08.19 VL FC Minsk Zhodino 2 : 0
13.04.19 VL Zhodino FC Minsk 1 : 1
24.08.18 VL FC Minsk Zhodino 0 : 0
21.04.18 VL Zhodino FC Minsk 2 : 1
23.10.17 VL Zhodino FC Minsk 1 : 1