Match Report
Volna went into the game 8th in the table on 34 points; Dinamo Minsk II sat 9th on 31 — a 3-point gap. Volna had been under-performing their position — 14th on five-round form against 8th in the table. Against a league average of 1.61 goals per team per game, Volna ran at 1.7 scored and 1.74 conceded, Dinamo Minsk II at 1.78 and 1.61.
Volna had been beaten in three straight games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Volna win, 3 for Dinamo Minsk II, 1 draw, at 3.4 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. History points to goals: 80% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Stadyen Valna staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,136. D. Tarasyuk took charge of the match — our records show 37 games refereed with an average of 1.4 yellow cards per game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Volna: Kirill Polkhovskiy (36'), Dmitri Matyash (47') · Dinamo Minsk II: Vladislav Vavrinyuk (40')
Key stats
Possession: Volna 45% · Dinamo Minsk II 55% · Total shots: 5-3 · On target: 2-1 · Corners: 1-5