BELARUSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE WEEK ONE RESULTS AND ROUND UP

Thursday 19th March

Energetik BGU 3 BATE Borisov 1 
HOME - Yaxshiboev 26, 34 and Bakic 88
AWAY - Skavysh 66 
(Att - 730) 

Shakhtyor 0 Torpedo Zhodino 1 
AWAY - Ramos 90
(Att - 1,453)

Friday 20th March

Dynamo Brest 1 Smolevichi 1 
HOME - Kiki 69 
AWAY - Mukhamedov 55 
(Att - 3,648)

Dynamo Minsk 0 Rukh Brest 1 
AWAY Kovtun 26 
(Att - 1,843) 

Saturday 21st March

Vitebsk 1 Gorodeya 0 
HOME - Ignatenko OG 20 
(Att - 650) 

Isloch Minsk 1 Newman Grodno 0 
HOME - Yansane 88 
(Att - 350) 

Sunday 22nd March 

Slutsk 3 Slavia 1 
HOME - Takulov 44 (P), Serdyuk 73, 80 (P) 
AWAY - Chukhley 30 (P) 
(Att - 800) 

Belshina 1 Minsk 3 
HOME - Kovel 7 
AWAY - Vasyliev 50 (P), Khvashchinskiy 55, Ryzhuk 74 
(Att - 1,000) 

There were some surprise results in the opening weekend of fixtures of the Belarusian Premier League. BATE Borisov were beaten by Energetik BGU with two goals from Ukranian Djasur Yakhshiboev and one form Dusan Bakic who comes from Montenegro having recently joined from Buducnost Podgorica. 

Brazlian player Gabriel Ramos scored an injury time winner for Torpedo Zhodino to win 0-1 at Shakhtyor. 

Dynamo Brest, who were 2019 champions, opened with a 1-1 draw at home to Smolevichi who were promoted from the second tier last year. Cameroonian Gaby Kiki scored their goal - There were eight bookings in this game. 

The match between Vitebsk and Gorodeya also sounded a feisty affair with nine bookings and one red card. 

As with many leagues around the world now there are a large number of different nationalities represented. There were six Brazilian players involved over the weekend's fixtures 

Wictor Dias - Energetik-BGU 
A 19 yeard old midfielder who has played for Rio Claro, Hidrolandense and Atletico Goianiense in his home country. 
Gabriel Ramos - Torpedo Zhodino 
The goal scoring hero for Torpedo at the weekend. A 24 year old who has also played for Dinamo Batumi in Georgia. 
Joao William - Rukh Brest 
23 year old defender who has played for a number of Brazlian clubs- Rukh is his first foreign club. 
Wanderson Maranhao - Vitebsk
A 25 year old midfielder who played for a number of clubs in Brazil before playing for Swedish side Eskilstuna in 2017. He joined his present club in 2018. 
Julio Cesar - Vitebsk 
Diego Carioca - Vitebsk 
A 22 year old midfielder who joined from Brazilian club Lajeadense. 

SHOTS ON TARGET LEAGUE
7
DYNAMO BREST  
DYNAMO MINSK 
ISLOCH MINSK  
6
GORODEYA 
SLUTSK 
4
BELSHINA 
BATE BORISOV  
3
NEWMAN GRODNO  
VITEBSK  
MINSK 
ENERGETIK-BGU  
RUKH BREST  
SHAKHTYOR  
SMOLEVICH 
2
SALVIA MOZYR 
TORPEO ZHODINO  

RED CARD LEAGUE
1 
ZORAN MARUSIC (NEWMAN GRODNO) 
MAMKSYM KALENCHUK (VITEBSK)  
IGOR TYMONYUK (SLAVIA MOZYR) 

WEEK TWO FIXTURES

Slavia Mozyr v BATE
Rukh Brest v Energetik-BGU 
Minsk v Dynamo Minsk
Torpedo Zhodino v Belshina
Gorodeya v Shakhtyor
Newman Grodno v Vitebsk
Smolevichy v Isloch Minsk
Slutsk v Dynamo Brest 

A Minsk City Derby is scheduled for week two as Minsk take on Dynamo Minsk in the 3,000 capacity Minsk Stadium.