Betting guide: Shakhtyor favourite to beat Slavia at Stroitel Stadium

Shakhtyor and Slavia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Shakhtyor are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. For Slavia most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Shakhtyor form and stats

Shakhtyor, who have the most clean sheets (15) in Premier League, have performed here at Stroitel Stadium this season with 10 wins from 13 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. The Shakhtyor fans aren't used to losing here at Stroitel Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Shakhtyor has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Shakhtyor drew their last game, 1-1 away at Dinamo Brest (placed 1st). Before that, Shakhtyor drew at home versus BATE.

Shakhtyor are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W3-D0-L1.

Shakhtyor are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stroitel Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 33 goals in 13 attempts. From these home matches, Shakhtyor have conceded only 10 goals.

Slavia form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

The supporters enjoyed Slavia's previous game versus Gomel (placed 15th), a Premier League 3-2 win played at home. A draw for Slavia before that, at their own venue hosting Dinamo Minsk (1-1).

What a finish in the last match, as Slavia came back from being down 0-2 and secured all three points through Y. Nedashkovskiy in the 85th minute.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Slavia played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Slavia as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Slavia have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Slavia - Shakhtyor 0-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 7 Shakhtyor victories, 3 draws and 0 Slavia wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

E. Bakaj 9 goals

N. Yanush 9 goals

Y. Kovalev 6 goals

Shakhtyor missing players

Slavia missing players

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		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Dinamo Brest	27	21	5	1	65	20	14	10	3	1	43	12	13	11	2	0	22	8	45	68
2	BATE	27	19	4	4	54	19	14	11	1	2	31	10	13	8	3	2	23	9	35	61
3	Shakhtyor	26	17	5	4	50	19	13	10	2	1	33	10	13	7	3	3	17	9	31	56
4	Dinamo Minsk	28	15	5	8	42	33	14	9	1	4	25	14	14	6	4	4	17	19	9	50
5	Isloch	27	13	6	8	40	32	13	8	3	2	19	7	14	5	3	6	21	25	8	45
6	Torpedo BelAZ	27	13	6	8	38	30	14	7	4	3	20	12	13	6	2	5	18	18	8	45
7	Gorodeya	27	12	7	8	29	25	14	7	3	4	15	14	13	5	4	4	14	11	4	43
8	Minsk	27	8	8	11	34	42	14	7	4	3	20	19	13	1	4	8	14	23	-8	32
9	Neman Grodno	27	9	5	13	23	34	13	3	4	6	6	12	14	6	1	7	17	22	-11	32
10	Slavia	27	8	7	12	30	35	14	4	3	7	18	21	13	4	4	5	12	14	-5	31
11	Vitebsk	27	8	7	12	23	34	13	4	5	4	14	13	14	4	2	8	9	21	-11	31
12	Dnyapro	28	7	6	15	27	36	14	6	2	6	18	14	14	1	4	9	9	22	-9	27
13	Slutsk	27	7	6	14	24	45	13	4	3	6	12	25	14	3	3	8	12	20	-21	27
14	Ynergetyk-BDU	26	5	8	13	41	61	13	2	5	6	17	24	13	3	3	7	24	37	-20	23
15	Gomel	27	4	8	15	37	48	13	1	4	8	16	22	14	3	4	7	21	26	-11	20
16	Tarpeda	25	1	3	21	4	48	12	1	1	10	2	23	13	0	2	11	2	25	-44	6