Match Report
The table read 7th (Minsk, 34 pts) against 3rd (Dinamo Minsk, 40 pts), 6 points apart. Dinamo Minsk ranked just 12th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Minsk 1.36 scored and 1.18 conceded per game, Dinamo Minsk 1.75 and 0.8, with the league averaging 1.23.
Minsk arrived off three consecutive draws. Dinamo Minsk carried a 9-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Minsk had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Dinamo Minsk, 13.
The head-to-head ledger counts 12 games: 1 Minsk win, 7 for Dinamo Minsk, 4 draws, at 1.83 goals per meeting. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The venue was Stadion FK Minsk, with room for 3,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Dinamo Minsk led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-3.
Goal scorers
Dinamo Minsk: Evgeniy Malashevich (12'), Aleksandr Selyava (29'), Moustapha Djimet (61')
Key stats
Possession: Minsk 39% · Dinamo Minsk 61% · Total shots: 3-21 · On target: 2-7 · Corners: 2-6