The Belarus Premier League enters the fifth round of matches this week and the action begins on Thursday the 16th of April.
We have a meeting between Energetik-BGU and FK Gorodeya to look forward to at the RCOP-BGU Stadium. The hosts come into this game sitting in second place in the table on 9 points while the visitors are down in 9th place with 6 points.
Energetik-BGU started the season with an excellent 3-1 home victory over BATE, the team who finished in second place last season. That was a great confidence boost for the campaign and they followed it up by defeating Ruh Brest 1-0 away from home. Energetik-BGU continued their good form in their third match of the season as they beat Minsk 2-0 on home soil.
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However, they will be coming into this game on the back of their first defeat of the season last weekend. Energetik-BGU lost 2-0 at Torpedo BelAZ, the team currently sitting top of the Belarus Premier League.
Trends show that Energetik-BGU are undefeated in their last 6 home league matches and have won each of the last 4 at the RCOP-BGU Stadium. They have won each of their last 3 at home by a margin of 2 goals or better but have seen under 2.5 goals in their last 3 matches in the Belarus Premier League.
FK Gorodeya have had a mixed start to the season having won 2 and lost 2 of their 4 league matches. However, things appear to be improving having started the campaign with 2 straight defeats. The first of those defeats came away at Vitebsk followed by a 2-0 loss at home against Shakhtyor, the team who finished in the second Europa League qualifying spot last season.
Things took a turn for the better in the third round of games as FK Gorodeya beat Belshina 1-0 away from home. They then claimed their second victory of the season by defeating Dinamo Minsk 1-0 at home.
Trends show that all 4 of FK Gorodeya’s games in the Belarus Premier League this season have seen under 2.5 goal scored. In addition, they have managed to keep a clean sheet in 4 of their last 6 away league games. FK Gorodeya’s main issue comes with scoring away goals and they have found the back of the net only once in their last 4 away league matches.
Looking ahead to the team news and Energetik-BGU will be counting on Jasurbek Yaxshiboev to score the goals in this game. The Uzbekistan striker has scored half of his teams 6 goals this season.
FK Gorodeya have only four midfield and attacking players who have started every game this season. That suggests manager Oleg Radushko is unsure about his best team and we could see more changes for this match.
Energetik-BGU have a good recent record when playing at home and come into this game as the favourites to take maximum points. FK Gorodeya need to improve their attacking play on the road and could lose this game without scoring.