Match Report
The table read 11th (Minsk II, 29 pts) against 3rd (Lida, 42 pts), 13 points apart. Recent form flatters Minsk II's table spot — 7th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 11th. Per game in the league, Minsk II were scoring 1.36 and conceding 1.73, Lida 1.91 and 1.59, against a competition average of 1.61 goals per team per game.
Minsk II had lost four in a row. Lida entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Minsk II against 10/15 for Lida.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Minsk II 1, draws 0, Lida 3, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
Stadion FK Minsk staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Minsk II: Ilya Bondarenko (16'), Alexander Puzach (86' og) · Lida: Roman Gribovskiy (19')
Key stats
Possession: Minsk II 48% · Lida 52% · Total shots: 4-9 · On target: 1-2 · Corners: 2-5