Slutsk vs Vitebsk Betting Predictions and Odds
Can Vitebsk stop the Pegasi from flying high?
Last autumn, both teams fought in the relegation battle for naked survival in the Belarusian Vysshaya League. In the end, both stayed close. Vitebsk with just two points ahead of a direct relegation zone, Slutsk with five points behind. It is all the more remarkable that both teams started so well now. With six points from the first three league games, they can be found high up in the table.
Seen in this way, it is almost a kind of top game that takes place at the City Stadium in Slutsk on Saturday afternoon. After all, the winner even has the chance to climb to the top of the table.
At Slutsk against Vitebsk, the bookmakers’ prognosis tends towards the home side, for whose next three-pointers the bookmaker Unibet, which was tested by the betting company, can be found at 2.26.
Also because of this high odds, our recommendation is to play against Vitebsk tip 2 at Slutsk. After all, two other factors speak for the away team: Firstly, Vitebsk won two of the last three guest appearances at the City Stadium in Slutsk. And on the other hand, guest coach Sergey Yasinski has the more powerful team and above all the more stable defensive available on paper, which justifies this supposed outsider tip.
Slutsk – Statistics & current form
FC Slutsk is celebrating its 22nd anniversary this year. Originally founded in 1998 as Slutsksakhar Slutsk, the club is now in its seventh year as a member of the Vysshaya League. So far, however, no real success has been celebrated.
The club with the distinctive Pegasus in the coat of arms is all the higher for the current season, because FC Slutsk greets after two matchdays and thus at least 10% of the season from second place, with which it kicks from the heart of Belarus would go into a UEFA competition for the first time ever – more precisely the qualification round for the Europa League.
The best offensive in the league, but also the fourth worst defensive
Until then, however, there is still a long way to go, for which one or the other construction site must also be closed. Although in the Belarusian Vysshaya League finally scored a conspicuously few goals, the blue and whites have not yet conceded a goal in any of their three league games. Four goals are already on the debit side. Only three other first division clubs in Belarus had to fish the round leather from their own net more often.
That FC Slutsk nonetheless starts second in the fourth day of the top division of Belarus as a result of the table is solely due to the brilliant offensive. The Pegasi have already scored six goals, making them the country’s goal factory. Particularly noteworthy: the six hits are spread over five pairs of shoulders. Only the Russian Artem Serdyuk, who came from Volga Uljanovsk last summer, has scored twice so far.
A pioneering home game
Nevertheless, these offensive values should be treated with caution, because on the second matchday Dinamo Brest managed to pull the plug on the attacking line of the blue-whites and kidnap the three points with a narrow 1-0 away win at City Stadium Slutsk.
In Slutsk against Vitebsk, tip 1 is anything but a sure-fire success, especially since the guests also master the art of defending very well. In addition, Marat Buraev flew from the square in the recent 3-2 away win at Isloch Minsk shortly before the end and is absent today.
It is all the more important that the men of Vitali Pavlov shift down a gear and focus on the defensive in this groundbreaking home game, in which the jump to the top is possible on the one hand, but in which they could also be brought back to the ground with a crash .
Last season, things weren’t going too well at City Stadium at home. Five home wins were at the end of 2019 with four draws, six home defeats and a whopping 26 home goals. In the end, this corresponded to the third worst value of the Vysshaya League.
Probable lineup of Slutsk:
↳ Pankratov – Trubilo – Koanda – Obrazov – Chebotaev – Takulov – Bobko – Semenov – Kozlov – Veljko – Abdoul Gafar
Last games from Slutsk
Premier League
⚽️ 04/05 2020 Isloch 2-3 FK Sluzk
⚽️ 03/28 2020 FK Sluzk 0 – 1 Dynamo Brest
⚽️ 03/22 2020 FK Sluzk 3 – 1 Slawija Masyr
⚽️ 12/01 2019 FK Sluzk 2 – 1 Njoman Hrodna
⚽️ 11/24 2019 FC Torpedo Minsk 0-3 FK Sluzk
Vitebsk – Statistics & current form
While FC Slutsk was only founded in 1998, FC Vitebsk celebrated its biggest club success so far this year, winning the Belarusian Cup. A coup that would have been repeated almost 21 years later. In the 2018/19 cup season, however, Sergey Yasinski’s group failed in the final 0-2 to Shakhtar Soligorsk.
Nevertheless, it was one of the few bright spots in an overall very mixed season, before the class could be held at the end of the year with just two points ahead of a direct relegation zone. Thus, the blue-whites were spared the second course in the second class after 2011. At that time, it took three years before the team from northeastern Belarus could report back to the Vysshaya League.
Strong defensive, but only two goals this season
However, the great successes from the 90s could not be followed up when FC Vitebsk celebrated the runner-up in Belarus twice in 1993 and 1995 and came third in 1994 and 1997 twice. Fields with which the traditional club, which was even represented in the second-highest division of the Soviet Union in the 1960s, rarely had anything to do with.
Exactly that could change now, because with two wins from the first three league games Sergey Yasinski’s team got off to an excellent start and could theoretically climb to the top with an away win in Slutsk, although something urgently needed to be done for the goal difference. So Vitebsk had to concede two goals, but also only scored two goals.
Only one defeat in the last five duels with Slutsk
Two goals, but mind you, they were perfectly distributed to the previous three games. With two 1-0 wins over Gorodeya and Smolevichi, these led to six points in a minimalist way.
This also speaks for the excellent defensive work of the kickers from the northeast of the country, who were able to bring the narrow lead over time in the recent away win at Smolevichi at least 35 minutes plus stoppage time. Center-back Daniil Chalov flew off the pitch with a smooth red card in the 55th minute and consequently missed this away game in Slutsk.
It is possibly this alleged weakening that leads to the fact that the odds of bookmakers in Slutsk against Vitebsk swing quite clearly towards the hosts. The fact that the blue-whites come to Slutsk with great ambitions is also evident from the “head to head” comparison. Two of the last three guest appearances at City Stadium Slutsk finally went to Sergey Yasinski’s men, who have lost only one of the last five duels with the Pegasi.
Probable lineups of Vitebsk:
↳ Soroko – Nazarenko – Cesar – Klopotskiy – Skitov – Wanderson – Kalenchuk – Matveenko – Gurenko – Volkov – Teverov
Last games from Vitebsk:
Premier League
⚽️ 04/05 2020. Smolevichy 0 – 1 FK Vitebsk
⚽️ 03/29 2020 Njoman Hrodna 2 – 0 FK Vitebsk
⚽️ 03/21 2020 FK Vitebsk 1 – 0 FK Gorodeya
⚽️ 12/01 2019 FK Vitebsk 0-2 Slawija Masyr
⚽️ 11/24 2019 Dynamo Brest 1 – 0 FK Vitebsk
Slutsk vs Vitebsk Belarus Direct comparison
Head to head: 5 – 1 – 5
There have been a total of eleven clashes between FC Slutsk and FC Vitebsk so far, with five games won by both teams and one draw, the resulting “head to head” balance is almost completely balanced.
The kickers from the northeast of Belarus crashed out of their last duel with the Pegasi when there was a 0: 3 swatter here at City Stadium Slutsk on August 31, 2019. Overall, however, it was the only bankruptcy among the last five encounters. Sergey Yasinski’s team even won two of the last three away games.
Slutsk vs Vitebsk Betting Predictions and Odds by PicksSoccer Tipsters
In Slutsk vs. Vitebsk, however, the forecast is not influenced too much by the “head to head” comparison, but rather by the lack of defensive stability, as in the previous season, for the home side. While the Pegasi finally had to concede at least one goal in all league games, the guests from Vitebsk could already win twice minimalistically to zero.
Most recently, Sergey Yasinski’s team saved a 1-0 lead over time even after a comparatively early dismissal against a central defender and is well armed in this fourth matchday, especially because of the strong defense.
⭐️ Slutsk vs Vitebsk Betting odds & other interesting bets at a glance:
For example, in the Belarusian Vysshaya League, an excessive number of goals are not the order of the day, but with the participation of FC Slutsk it has been pretty tricky in the past three games, which is the goal difference of 6: 4 of the footballers with the Pegasus on the Coat of arms underlines.
🔹 Betting Prediction: Over 2.5 goals
🔸 Odds: 2.50
🔹 Betting Prediction: Under 2.5 goals
🔸 Odds: 1.50
🔹 Betting Prediction: Both teams to score/ YES
🔸 Odds: 2.10
🔹 Betting Prediction: Both teams to score/ NO
🔸 Odds: 1.66
Odds probabilities for win Slutsk / draw / win Vitebsk:
1: 45%. X: 32%. 2: 23%
Key facts – Slutsk vs Vitebsk tips
⭐️ Slutsk is the best offensive in the league with six goals, but has already conceded four goals
⭐️ Vitebsk has already taken two 1-0 victories this season and is defensively stable
⭐️ Slutsk has lost two of their last three home games against Vitebsk
Because the odds of bookmakers at Slutsk against Vitebsk also promise such a high return for the point gain of the guests, a lot of value goes hand in hand with the supposed outsider bet. After all, Vitebsk won two of the last three guest appearances in Slutsk.
At Slutsk we play against Vitebsk tip 2 without additional protection. After all, there was only one draw at all in eleven duels between the two clubs, while a betting market like “Draw No Bet” dramatically reduced the attractive odds. However, the stake shouldn’t be too high. Two units should be appropriate.
Game: Slutsk vs Vitebsk
Betting Prediction: 2
Odds: 4.45
Competition: Vysshaya League
Date: April 11, 2020
Stake: 2/10 units
