Isloch Minsk are another side who will be looking forward to returning to home turf this weekend as they were handed a heavy 4-0 defeat away at the hands of Shakhtyor Soligorsk on Sunday, as the hosts continue to lick their wounds.
However, Isloch know that they now have a golden opportunity to bounce back with all three points on Sunday as they prepare for the visit of bottom club, Belshina, to their Stadyen Haradski, and having won 4 of their previous 5 matches at home in the Vysshaya Liga, Isloch Minsk still look set for success here.
The defeat at Shakhtyor resulted in Isloch Minsk dropping down the pecking order to 5th place and four points adrift of the early Vysshaya Liga leaders, Slutsk, but a win against Belshina would see Isloch close the gap on the teams above them, and wins at home against Neman Grodno, Smolevichi, Slavia Mozyr and Vitebsk should stand them in good stead here.
Indeed, Isloch Minsk have suffered just 1 defeat out of their last 9 matches at home in the Belarus top flight.
Sunday’s visitors, Belshina, saw their woes continuing in the Vysshaya Liga last weekend when they suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat at home to Dinamo Brest which means that the visitors are still without a league win to date this term.
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The 2 draws and 5 defeats have seen Belshina make a poor start to this new Belarus top flight campaign with just points picked up in draws with Neman Grodno 1-1 away from home and a 1-1 draw at home with Smolevichi, to show for their efforts so far this season.
The bigger picture also paints a gloomy outlook for Belshina as the visitors have registered just 1 win out of their last 22 matches overall in the domestic top flight, and this sequence of poor results include no fewer than 14 defeats.
Switch to results away from home, and Belshina have collected just 1 win out of their last 12 matches on their travels, so this upcoming trip to face Isloch Minsk certainly looks like being a tough assignment for Belshina this Sunday.
Having failed to win any of their matches overall this season thus far along with no wins from their last 6 away outings, Belshina look set for another loss at Isloch Minsk this weekend.