Following a 2-1 defeat away from home at Isloch Minsk, Slavia Mozyr will be looking forward to returning to their Stadyen Junatsva this Saturday lunchtime where they’ll be talking on another Minsk outfit in the shape of FC Minsk as the hosts seek to return to winning ways in the Vysshaya Liga.
A heavy 3-1 defeat away from home at Slutsk on the opening day of the new Belarus top flight season was a disappointing start to Slavia Mozyr’s campaign, but the hosts responded by putting together an encouraging 3-match unbeaten run in the Vysshaya Liga with back-to-back wins against BATE and Dinamo Brest along with a point against Rukh Brest.
Results at home have also improved for Slavia as the hosts are unbeaten in their last 5 matches on home turf which includes wins towards the end of last season against Gomel and Isloch Minsk, while their 2-1 victory over BATE has been their highlight at home to date this season.
In addition, Slavia are unbeaten in their last 5 meetings at home against FC Minsk, so the hosts look well placed to get something from this clash.
Onto FC Minsk then, and the visitors have posted mixed results so far in these early stages of this new Belarus top flight season with 2 wins and 3 defeats to show for their efforts so far, but they head into this Saturday’s clash at Slavia Mozyr on the back of 3 defeats on the trot.
Early back-to-back victories over Belshina 3-1 away and 3-2 against Dinamo Minsk had seemingly set FC Minsk on their way but subsequent defeats to Energetyk-BGU, BATE and Rukh Brest have seen FC Minsk slide down the early league standings to 11th place.
FC Minsk will therefore be looking to avoid a fourth defeat on the trot this Saturday but this may be easier said than done as they’ve captured just 1 win out of their last 6 matches on their travels in the Vysshaya Liga which came in the shape of the aforementioned 3-1 win at bottom club, Belshina.
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The bigger picture for FC Minsk on the road doesn’t bode well either as they’ve managed to collect just 2 wins from their last 19 matches on their travels in the Belarus top flight.
Slavia Mozyr can therefore be backed with the draw no bet option (AH0) here.