Match Report
Minsk went into the game 8th in the table on 28 points; Vitebsk sat 5th on 32 — a 4-point gap. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Minsk ran at 1.3 scored and 1.3 conceded, Vitebsk at 1.05 and 0.85.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 2 Minsk wins, 6 for Vitebsk, 2 draws, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. 60% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 70%.
O. Blotskaya took charge of the match — our records show 16 games refereed with an average of 0.0 yellow cards per game. The match was played at Stadion FK Minsk (capacity 3,000). On the scoreboard, Vitebsk led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Vitebsk: Aleksandr Anufriev (22')
Key stats
Possession: Minsk 52% · Vitebsk 48% · On target: 5-9 · Corners: 11-4