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BATE vs Slavia Mozyr Prediction & Betting tips
Four teams are still fighting for the coveted trophy in Belarus. After the first legs in the semi-finals, there is some evidence that Dinamo Brest will move into the final. The reigning champions won 2-0 at home against defending champion Soligorsk and therefore has the best chance of progress. The second leg between Bate Borisov and Slavia Mozyr is much more exciting. According to the odds, the home side are still favorites to participate in the final.
This assessment of the best bookmakers is to be questioned to the extent that the favorite fright from the south of the country not only won the first leg 1-0, but also beat the multiple Champions League participant in the still young season of the Vysshaya League. Can the outsider live up to his reputation on Wednesday evening?
From Slavia’s point of view, the endeavor will of course be much more difficult, especially since the blue and yellow are getting better and better. After initial difficulties, the long-standing industry leader recently collected ten out of a possible twelve points from four games and climbed up in the classification.
In addition, because the Martinovich team, on the other hand, has a shape curve going in the opposite direction and was able to record the last victory in early April, the forecast of many experts between Bate Borisov and Slavia Mozyr is at least understandable. However, this does not change the fact that we trust the underdog to have another surprise.
BATE Borisov:
It was almost insulting to majesty that the 15-time Belarusian champion was dethroned by Dinamo Brest in the past season. In the end, the long-time dominator of the Vysshaya League was five points behind the new title holder. The craving for revenge in Baryssau is now all the greater to regain the lost top position in Eastern Europe.
After a catastrophic start to the season with two defeats in a row, the knot burst on matchday three in the home game against promoted Rukh Brest. Although BATE did not glory with the 1-0 success, the shape curve has clearly been pointing upwards since then. From the following three games, the yellow-blue collected seven out of nine points and remained without conceding a goal.
Despite the improving results, the team of coach Alshevskiy has hardly been able to convince so far. Only the 3-0 away win at FK Minsk underpinned the undoubtedly existing potential. Also at the weekend it was deep into the second half before the yellow-blue team turned their playful superiority into goals. In the end there was a 2-0 win in Gorodeya.
The fact that the home side only marked a single goal in two home games this season and find it particularly difficult against low-lying opponents explains our approach of tending to try a tip on the underdog between BATE Borisov and Slavia Mozyr, especially as the quotes turn out to be extremely lucrative.
It will also be interesting to see whether the Belarusian top team can forget their cup curse. In 2015, the country’s most successful team won the cup for the last time. Last year, the quarter-finals were surprising against Isloch Minsk’s final stop. A bad omen for Wednesday?
Slavia Mozyr:
Week after week, we use the term “favorite scare” when it comes to highlight Slavia Mozyr’s season so far. Although the Martinovich team won against reigning champions Dinamo Brest this season and forced Bate Borisov to his knees twice, the Red-Blacks are apparently still on the descending branch.
With the exception of the aforementioned successes against the top teams in the league, Slavia is still waiting for a threesome. The defensive specialists from the south of Belarus have a much harder time fighting opponents of equal value or even weaker ones. In their view, it should therefore not be a disadvantage that the odds between Bate Borisov and Slavia Mozyr so clearly in favor of the favorite.
The two-time champion experienced the next setback last weekend. At home to FK Minsk, they suffered a sensitive 1-3 loss, which is cause for concern. Maybe the red-blacks were already with their heads in the semi-final second leg, which should end with one of the highlights of the club’s history.
The starting position is by no means hopeless, because in the first leg coach Martinovich’s team kept the upper hand with 1-0. Accordingly, a tie would be enough to reach the cup final for the first time since 2001. We therefore assume that the outsider is playing very destructively and that is why we see a more promising value in the duel Bate Borisov against Slavia Mozyr when predicting the progress of the guests.
BATE vs Slavia Mozyr head to head matches
08.04.20 CUP Slavia Mozyr BATE 1 : 0
28.03.20 VL Slavia Mozyr BATE 2 : 1
25.08.19 VL BATE Slavia Mozyr 4 : 0
20.04.19 VL Slavia Mozyr BATE 1 : 2
09.09.17 VL BATE Slavia Mozyr 2 : 0