Niemen Grodno
Niemen Grodno, despite staffing problems at the beginning of the season, is doing more than satisfactory. In the previous phase of the Belarusian Cup, he showed will and character, winning the second leg against Vitebsk (2-1) thanks to goals in the 81st and 94th minutes.
The team of Igor Kowalewicz also achieves good results in the Higher League of Belarus. After losing his debut against the reigning champions – Shakhtar (0: 1) he is making good progress. In the next match “Jeleń” shared points with “Gomel” (3:3), and in the final round was stronger than “Energetika-BGU” (2:0).
RAGE
BATE, on the other hand, has not met expectations so far, and his start in the elite division can hardly be called a champion. After a 2-0 win over Gomel on their debut, Kirill Alshevsky’s team lost points in the last three rounds. They tied with Energetik-BGU (1:1) and weak Minsk (2:2), allowing them to rebound twice during the meeting. The apogee was the final match, in which the “yellow and blue” could not oppose the leader – the Minsk “Dynamo” (1:3).
Forecast
I think that the more stable Niemen will take advantage of the obvious problems in the defense of the opponent and in the first match he will gain a comfortable advantage for himself.