| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazovik | 15 | W3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12/15 | 18-4 |
| Polotsk | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6/15 | 9-9 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazovik | 1 | 18 | 47 | 53 | WDDWW | 3 | -2 |
| Polotsk | 9 | 18 | 12 | -41 | LLLLL | 9 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2023-07-29
On paper the standings were lopsided — Gazovik 1st with 47 points, Polotsk 9th with 12, 35 apart. Against a league average of 2.56 goals per team per game, Gazovik ran at 3.5 scored and 0.56 conceded, Polotsk at 1.56 and 3.83.
Gazovik arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 12/15 points for Gazovik against 6/15 for Polotsk.
The match was played at CSK Vitebskiy Iskusstvennoe pole (capacity 250).
