| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | FORM |
| 13. | SLUTSK | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 40 | -15 | 21 | WLLLLL |
| 14. | GORODEYA | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 41 | -21 | 20 | LDLLLL |
| 15. | BELSHINA | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 45 | -18 | 20 | LWWWLD |
| 16. | SMOLEVICHY | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 53 | -30 | 14 | LLLLLL |
It's been an eventful season for Smolevichy who were promoted with title winner's Belshina Bobrusik from the First League last season. In July their manager and many of their players left due to the club suffering financial problems with new manager Aleksey Mikhaylov winning his first game in charge 3-0 against Isloch against all the odds. Since then it's been seven defeats in a row in the league and a cup exit losing 4-1 to First League side Arsenal Dzerzhinsk. In their last six league games they have shipped 26 goals scoring just 3 times. They play FC Minsk on Monday who they lost 4-0 to last time out. It's looking more and more likely they will be back in the second tier for the 2021 season. Here's a comparison of their squad in the first game of the season to their last game against FC Minsk. As you can see only Eduard Zhevnerov and Anatoli Makarov remain in the starting XI and player's highlighted are no longer with the club. The average age of their starting XI against FC Minsk was just over 23 years of age - If you take the experience of Zhenerov (32) and Shchegrikovich (36) out of the team it is reduced to just over 20.
| DYNAMO BREST | FC MINSK |
| Aleksandr Flitsov | Nikita Lazovskiy (21) |
| Eduard Zhevnerov | Eduard Zhevnerov (32) |
| Illya Rashchenya (Slutsk) | Nikita Khalimonchik (20) |
| Mutalip Alibekov (FK Baltika, Russia) | Maksim Kovel (21) |
| Ivan Veras (Krumkachy) | Dmitri Shchegrikovich (36) |
| Konstantin Kotov | Aleksandr Dzhigero (24) |
| Anatoli Makarov | Anatoli Makarov (24) |
| Aleksey Butarevich (Dynamo Minsk) | Andrey Potapenko (20) |
| Evgeni Barsukov (Slavia Mozyr) | Nikita Demchenko (18) |
| Aleksey Turik (FK Essentuki, Russia) | Valeri Bocherov (20) |
| Vladislav Mukhamedov (Energetyk) | Vladislav Lozhkin (18) |
| SUBS | SUBS |
| Aleksandr Aleksandrovich | Leonid Khankevich (25) |
| Pavel Sadovskiy | Maksim Savostikov (22) |
| Ivan Vasilenok (Krumkachy) | Yaroslav Makushinskiy (22) |
| Dmitri Shchegrikovich | Kirill Rodionov (24) |
| Artem Gomelko (Lori, Armenia) | Dzhemal Kurshubadze (23) |
| Nikita Lazovskiy | Anton Bogdanov (19) |
| Aleksey Vakulich (Veles Moska, Russia) | Ilyas Safi (21) |
| Aleksandr Chizh (18) | |
| Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (23) |
Belshina Bobruisk are making a real fight of it with three wins in their last five games against Slutsk, Smolevichy and Dynamo Brest as well as a draw against Vitesbsk in their last game. This weekend their game against Shakhtyor Soligorsk has been postponed as a number of Belshina players have tested postive for Covid19.
Gorodeya and Slutsk are above Belshina and with their form are in real danger of dropping into the bottom two. Gorodeya's last win in the league was against Belshina in July in an epic 2-1 home victory in which every goal was scored in injury time! After five wins their first seven league games Slutsk have won just one game in fifteen which is relegation form.
FORTHCOMING FIXTURES
Saturday 26th September
Gordeya v Slavia Mozyr
Sunday 27th September
Belshina v Shakhtyor Soligorsk - postponed
Rukh Brest v Slutsk
Monday 28th September
FC Minsk v Smolevichy
Wednesday 30th September
Energetyk v Slutsk
Friday 2nd October
Dynamo Minsk v Smoleivchy
Saturday 16th October
Slutsk v FC Minsk
Saturday 17th October
Slavia Mozyr v Belshina
Neman Grodno v Gordeya
Monday 18th October
Smolevichy v Torpedo Belaz
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