It was once again a hugely entertaining weekend of football in the Belarusian Premier League as a total of twenty-seven goals were scored over the course of eight games played.
In the clash of the title contenders it ended 1-1 at The Stroitel Stadium in front of 1,670 fans. Their is still a limit on spectators for the games being played - If thats for covid reasons or the current political situation in the country I can't confirm.
BATE scored first in the 25th minute when Pavel Nekhaychik calmly slotted the ball home from the right hand side of the penalty box.
Shakhtyor played some good football but couldn't get past BATE's stern defence with their new signing centre forward Junior Kalonji making only his fourth start not having any luck - He was substituted on 53 minutes for Artem Arkhipov and from then the home side looked much the better side.
They were rewarded on 81 minutes when Roman Begunov scored from the penalty spot to make it 1-1. It was Arkhipov who was brought down in the box by Aleksandr Filipovic.
The Miners had a shout for another penalty kick only a few minutes later as Jasurbek Yakshibaev appeared to be tripped by Egor Filipenko. The referee waved away protests from the home side. If anything it looked more a penalty kick than the first one!
The game between Dynamo Brest and Torpedo Belaz-Zhodino will go down as one of the best (if not the best!) of the season. It was a real end-to-end game with the feel of a cup tie with the home side taking a slender 1-0 lead thanks to Denis Laptev's goal into the second half. Torpedo knew anything but a win would probably put an end to their European hopes so when Ukrainian midfielder Yuriy Habovda scored twice in the 56th and 74th minute it was looking like they would take the all important three points. Some of the football and link up play they showed was some of the best I've seen in the league this season.
The match wasn't over though as on Ukarinian Midfielder Alan Aussi slid in to tackle Laptev in the box but appeared to make no contact. Laptev fell to the floor and the referee controversially awarded a penalty kick. Mikhail Gordeychuk scored the resulting spot kick to make it 2-2 on 88 minutes.
Belshina Bobruisk look doomed to relegation with a 1-5 home defeat to Energetyk. They can now only draw level with Slutsk - they would have to win both of their remaining games which is a huge ask considering they travel to BATE and then host Rukh Brest in the final game of the season.
In Belarus if teams finish level on points it goes down to Head to Head records which stands at Slutsk W 3-2 and Belshina W 4-2 so that's Belshina 6 Slutsk 5.
RESULTS
Friday 6th November| POS | TEAM | P | GF-GA | GD | PTS | PP | FORM |
| 1. | BATE BORISOV | 28 | 60-32 | +28 | 54 | 60 | WLDWD |
| 2. | SHAKHTYOR | 28 | 51-18 | +33 | 53 | 59 | LLWWD |
| 3. | NEMAN GRODNO | 28 | 39-26 | +13 | 50 | 56 | WWLLW |
| 4. | TORPEDO ZHODINO | 28 | 50-35 | +15 | 50 | 56 | WLWWW |
| 5. | DYNAMO BREST | 28 | 56-38 | +18 | 48 | 54 | WWWDL |
| 6. | DYNAMO MINSK | 28 | 35-23 | +12 | 48 | 54 | WWWWW |
| POS | TEAM | P | GF-GA | GD | PTS | PP | FORM |
| 13. | GORODEYA | 28 | 27-42 | -15 | 30 | 36 | LDWWW |
| 14. | SLUTSK | 28 | 31-54 | -23 | 27 | 33 | WLLWL |
| 15. | BELSHINA | 28 | 30-58 | -28 | 21 | 27 | LDLLD |
| 16. (R) | SMOLEVICHI | 28 | 27-69 | -42 | 14 | 20 | LLLLLL |
BELARUSIAN FIRST LEAGUE CURRENT TABLE (TOP FOUR ONLY)
| POS | TEAM | P | G | GD | PTS | PP | FORM |
| 1. | SPUTNIK | 22 | 39-13 | +26 | 52 | 64 | WWWWW |
| 2. | FC GOMEL | 24 | 55-19 | +35 | 48* | 54 | WWWWW |
| 3. | KRUMKACHY | 24 | 43-27 | +16 | 46 | 52 | WLWLW |
| 4. | ARSENAL | 24 | 36-26 | +10 | 40 | 46 | WLWLW |
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