Smorgon prepare for this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Premier League tied result versus Naftan Novopolotsk.

Fixtures with Smorgon have tended to be lively ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, a total of 28 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 4.67 goals per game) with 8 of those being chalked up by Smorgon.

Since a loss in their previous game against Dinamo Minsk in Premier League action, Gomel will be hoping to turn things around here.

Pavel Sedko (23\') scored for Dinamo Minsk.

The stats tell the story, and Gomel have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 11 goals overall. In defence, Gomel have not been doing too well. With no two games being the same, it remains to be seen whether the trend shall be maintained in this match.

Head to head

The last league encounter between the two was Premier League match day 25 on 22/10/2023 when the final score was Smorgon 0-3 Gomel.

Team News: Smorgon

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just a single fitness concern for the Smorgon gaffer to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group of players. Albert Mikhailov (Cruciate ligament injury) will miss out.

Team News: Gomel

With a completely healthy group to pick from, the Gomel manager Aleksandr Kuznetsov has no fitness concerns to report ahead of this game.

Prediction

When taking everything into account, Smorgon could find themselves struggling to put one past this Gomel outfit who we think will end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We therefore fancy a good tussle with a 0-1 win for Gomel when the full-time whistle blows. We’ll see what happens.