BELARUSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE WEEKEND ROUND UP AND FIXTURES

BELARUSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE CURRENT TABLE (TOP FOUR AND BOTTOM FOUR ONLY) 

POS	TEAM	P	G	GD	PTS	PP	FORM
1.	BATE BORISOV	26	56-30	+26	50	62	WWWLD
2.	NEMAN GRODNO	26	34-23	+11	47	59	LWWWL
3.	SHAKHTYOR	25	43-15	+28	46	61	WLWLL
4.	TORPEDO BELAZ	26	43-32	+11	44	56	WLWWD

POS	TEAM	P	G	GD	PTS	PP	FORM
13.	GORODEYA	26	22-42	-20	24	36	LLLLDW
14.	SLUTSK	24	27-46	-19	24	42	LLLLW
15.	BELSHINA	24	27-45	-18	20	38	WWWLD
16.	SMOLEVICHY	26	26-61	-35	14	26	LLLLL

RELEGATED/RELEGATION PLAY OFF 

It was a unusual set of results in the Belarusian Premier League as non of the top three won their games. Neman Grodno and Shakhtyor Soligorsk both lost games losing ground on BATE Borisov who drew 2-2 with Isloch who moved down from fourt to fifth after Torpedo Belaz Zhodino won 

Gorodeya's 0-1 victory at Neman was thanks to a Lazar Sajcic's 89th minute winner which was a fantastic looping shot from just outside of the box. The Village team's win helps them out at the bottom of the table. 

Shakhtyor's defeat at home to Dynamo Minsk was their third in their last five games. 

Slutsk's 2-1 victory (along with Grordeyas) over FC Minsk thanks to a 90th minute penalty also heaps pressure on Belshina Bobruisk in the bottom two - their game was called off as many of their squad have tested positive for Covid-19. 

Smolevichy look doomed at the bottom of the table with a possible points total of 26 and Slutsk and Gorodeya on 24 points already. Defeat on Friday at Gorodeya will confirm their relegation to the First League for the 2021 season. 

The Brest derby was played out in front of 2,452 people - Rukh were 1-2 up at half-time but eventually lost 5-2 to the 2019 league champions. For those not in the know Rukh were formed in 2016 as an Amateur team and were Dynamo's 'farm team' up until 2019 when Rukh moved up to the First League. 

Their are still close ties between the two sides as Abdoulaye Diallo and Pavel Sedko have all moved from Rukh to Dynamo this season and Rukh's starting XI having five former Dyanmo players. 

RESULTS

Friday 16th October

Slutsk 2-1 FC Minsk (Crowd - 423) 

Saturday 17th October 

Slavia P-P Belshina

Vitebsk 1-0 Energetyk-BGU (430) 

Neman Grodno 0-1 Gorodeya (953) 

Sunday 18th October 

Smolevichy 1-4 Torpedo BelAZ (870) 

Isloch 2-2 BATE (310) 

Shakhtyor 0-1 Dynamo Minsk (1,043) 

Dynamo Brest 5-2 Rukh Brest (2,452) 

FIXTURES 

Wednesday 21st October 

FC Minsk v Slavia Mozyr 

Thursday 22nd October  

Dynamo Brest v Slutsk

Saturday 24th October 

Gorodeya v Smolevichi 

BATE v Vitebsk 

Dynamo Minsk v Belshina 

Sunday 25th Ooctober 

Neman v Slavia Mozyr 

Energetik-BGU v Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Rukh Brest v Isloch 

FC Minsk v Dynamo Brest

Torepdo Zhodino v Slutsk