The Belarus Premier League action gets underway early this week as we have a match to look forward to on Wednesday night. The game is between Dinamo Brest and BATE Borisov and will be played at Stadyen Junost. The hosts begin the match in 7th place on 13 points while the visitors are currently top of the table with 19 points to their name.
Dinamo Brest come into the game having suffered a 2-1 defeat at Energetyk-BGU last weekend. They fell 2-0 down just after half time and managed to score a consolation goal in injury time at the end of the game. Prior to the defeat, Dinamo Brest enjoyed 2 straight wins in the Belarus Premier League. The victories came over Belshina away from home and Dinamo Minsk at home.
As the defending champions, Dinamo Brest have lost only 4 of their last 38 League matches. However, all 4 of those defeats have come this season and it has not been a great start to their title defence. Their home record in the league this season shows just 2 victories from 5 games. Dinamo Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of those 5 matches and both teams have scored in 4 of them.
Trends show there have been over 2.5 goals in Dinamo Brest's last 3 Premier League games and in 3 of their last 4 home matches.
BATE make the trip to Brest having defeated Slutsk 3-0 at home last weekend. This was a game between two of the early pacesetters in the Belarus Premier League but it was BATE who dominated the game to take maximum points. That victory was their 5th straight win in all competitions, 4 of which have come in the league and one in the cup.
Trends show BATE are undefeated in their last 7 matches in all competitions. They may have made a slow start to the 2020 season but it appears they are beginning to find their form.
BATE are undefeated in 29 of their last 33 league games and have managed to score at least one goal in all their last 14 away matches in the Premier League. BATE also have a strong record against Dinamo Brest and have no losses against them in their 12 most recent away matches in the league.
Looking ahead to the teams news and Dinamo Brest are still without central defender Yevhen Khacheridi who is suspended. Midfielder Elis Bakaj is out for the season with a cruciate ligament injury while forward Denis Laptev will hope to start the game.
BATE have doubts over the fitness of striker Anton Saroka and central defender Boris Kopitovic. Otherwise, manager Kirill Alshevskiy should have a full squad at his disposal.
This is a big match for both teams. Dinamo Brest are the defending champions while BATE are the favourites to win the league this season. We should see goals in this game and over 2.5 goals plus both teams to score could happen. However, BATE are in great form and should claim 3 points.