Neman Grodno will be wanting a better result here following the 1-0 Premier League losing effort in their last game against ML Vitebsk.
A common theme in more recent Neman Grodno games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.
Taking their previous six clashes leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would've been a loser. That sort of pattern might not be continued into this next game, of course.
After suffering a loss in their previous game against Torpedo-BelAZ in Premier League competition, Smorgon will be aiming to make amends here.
Pavel Sedko (60') was the scorer for Torpedo-BelAZ.
Looking at their form, and Smorgon have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 12 goals overall. Defensively, Smorgon have clearly had some problems.
An examination of past results between these clubs stretching back to 07/05/2021 tells us that these encounters have been pretty painful for Smorgon. They’ve not been able to get any victories whatsoever while Neman Grodno have remained in the ascendancy, finishing as winners in 83 per cent of those games played.
A combined sum of 18 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 15 from Neman and 3 being from Smorgon. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.
The last league meeting featuring the two was Premier League match day 29 on 23/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Smorgon 0-0 Neman Grodno.
Yuriy Klochkov (Ruptured eardrum) and Yuriy Gavrilov (Broken collarbone) will not be able to play for Neman Grodno boss Igor Kovalevich.
It’s pretty clear that Smorgon will do really well to be scoring even one goal against a Neman Grodno outfit who seem set to really boss this match.
We’re going for a very comprehensive 3-0 winning scoreline for Neman Grodno at the end of the game.