BELARUSIAN FIRST LEAGUE - ALL DOWN TO THE LAST DAY BUT FC GOMEL LOOK HUGE FAVOURITES TO GO UP WITH SPUTNIK

 BELARUSIAN FIRST LEAGUE CURRENT TABLE (TOP FOUR ONLY) 

POS	TEAM	P	G	GD	PTS	PP	FORM
1. CHAMPS	SPUTNIK RECHITSA	24	43-16	+27	55	58	WWWWL
2.	FC GOMEL	25	59-20	+39	51*	54	WWWWW
3.	KRUMKACHY MINSK	25	45-28	+17	49	52	LWLWW
4.	ARSENAL DZERZHINSK	25	40-28	+12	43	46	LWLWW

BOLD denotes promoted, * denotes five points deducted, denotes promotion/relegation play-off.

Despite their loss at Smorgon today Sputnik Rechitsa are champions of the First League due to their 1-3 win at Volna Pinsk in midweek. 

The race for second place will go down to the final game of the season but with FC Gomel, relegated from the Premier League last season, firm favourites as they travel to bottom of the table Khimik Svetlogorsk who have only won twice in their 25 games played so far this season. Anything other than an away victory will be a huge surprise to all fans in Belarus. For Khimik it's looking very much like third tier football for the 2021 season - they have amazingly been members of the second tier since the league was formed in 1992 never going up or down! 

Krumkachy Minsk host tenth place Oshmyany at home who have lost their last three games in a row.

MATCH ACTION FROM THE YUNATSTVA STADUM AS SLONIM DREW 1-1 WITH VOLNA PINSK - ALEKSANDR KORZUN SCORED SLONIM'S GOAL - HIS SIXTH OF THE SEASON. 

(Pictures courtesy of @kkris__tina_) 

RESULTS - SUNDAY 15th NOVEMBER 

Naftan 1-4 Gomel (100) 

Granit 1-2 Krumkachy (120) 

Smorgon 2-1 Sputnik (150) 

Lida 1-5 Orsha (100) 

Khimik Svetlogorsk 0-4 Lokomotiv Gomel (100)  

Oshmyany 2-4 Arsenal (100) 

Slonim 1-1 Volna (160) 

FIXTURES  

Wednesday 18th November

Sputnik v Orsha 

Saturday 21st November

Naftan v Orsha 

Volna v Lida 

Sputnik v Slonim 

Arsenal v Smorgon 

Krumkachy v Oshmyany 

Lokomotiv Gomel v Granit

Khimik Svetlogorsk v Gomel