Next up is a basement battle between Belshina and Gorodeya in the Belarus Vysshaya Liga as second from bottom outfit, Belshina, play host to early basement dwellers, Gorodeya, in Friday night’s clash at the Stadyen Spartak.
It’s been a tough baptism of fire for the hosts upon their return to the Belarus top flight after a four-year absence as they’ve already been handed back-to-back defeats at the start of this new domestic top flight campaign, but they have a chance to rectify their situation at their Stadyen Spartak on Friday night.
Defeats this term so far to FC Minsk 3-1 at home and a 1-0 loss on the road at Torpedo Zhodino wasn't part of their early season plans, and these losses have extended Belshina’s run without a win in the Vysshaya Liga to 9 matches overall.
It’s also just 1 win from their last 13 matches at home overall in the Belarus top flight but with home advantage behind them here, the hosts could at least pick up a much-needed point to get them off the ground.
Onto Gorodeya, and the visitors find themselves in a similar situation to that of their Friday night’s hosts, Belshina, as they too have been handed early back-to-back defeats in the first two matches of this new Vysshaya Liga season.
A 1-0 defeat away from home at Vitebsk on the opening day of the season was followed by a disappointing 2-0 defeat at home to Shakhtyor Soligorsk so early confidence may not be quite as high for Gorodeya as they’d have liked as they prepare for this tricky looking fixture.
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Gorodeya have lost their last 4 Vysshaya Liga matches on the trot and are without a win from their last 5 fixtures, while they're without a win from their last three away matches in the Belarus top flight and have failed to score in each of these last three on their travels as well.
In the previous encounter between these two sides, Belshina ran out 2-1 winners at home against Gorodeya in a friendly in February prior to this new Vysshaya Liga campaign.
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To sum up, the two early strugglers go head-to-head here but Belshina might just edge this one being at home but they can be backed with the asian handicap AH+0.25.