Naftan take on the visitors BATE at “Atlant” in the gameweek 12 of the Belarusian Vysshaya Liga. The match will be played in Navapolatsk on Friday, June 16th.
Naftan go through a very poor season, being the weakest team in the Belarusian Vysshaya Liga in regards to the football level. The side comes up to the home clash with three-game losing streak in a row. And after 11 rounds played it has -1 point gained in the standings because of the sanctions applied by the Belarus Football Association on the eve of the Vysshaya Liga start. Naftan have been penalized five points and at the moment the team didn’t manage to cover that deficit. Naftan scored three goals, conceded 18 goals and are currently occupying the last 16th place in the table.
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BATE also show disappointing results at the start of the season as they lost two out of four recent matches. Both defeats were got on the road with the same 0:1 scoreline to Slutsk and Vitebsk. With 11 gameweeks behind, the side from Barysaw sits on the second place in the standings with 23 points earned and 18-7 goal difference being three points behind the leading Shakhtyor Soligorsk. BATE picked up eight points with 11 goals for and six goals against in six clashes at away grounds in the Vysshaya Liga.
Historically, the advantage in the teams’ head-to-heads is on BATE‘s side. Taking into consideration the current competitive form of the hosting side, I believe that the defending champion must face no difficulties in defeating Naftan on the road as well apart from the weak performance of the team from Barysaw.
Prediction for the match: BATE to win with -1.5 Asian handicap.
