Dinamo Brest vs FC Isloch Minsk Raion Prediction & Preview – 12/04/2020

2020 Belarus Premier League preview: Dinamo Brest vs FC Isloch Minsk Raion – Stadyen DASK Brestski – Sunday, 12th April 2020 – 17:00 hrs

Belarus Premier League (BPL) champions of 2019 Dinamo Brest are having a difficult time repeating their last season's act, managing to win in just one of their 3 initial games in the 2020 edition.

A 1-1 draw to minions Smolevichy-STI and a further 1-2 loss to Slavia Mozyr have pushed the title holders to the 10th place.

Their solitary win came in a hard-fought 0-1 victory over Slutsk.

Coach Sergey Kovalchuk's outfit now get ready to host Isloch at the Stadyen DASK Brestski this coming Sunday, April the 12th.

Isloch although placed 4th currently on the BPL table, have come out of a 2-3 loss to Slutsk in a home game. Isloch's six points have come prior to that game through slender 1-0 wins each over Neman Grodno and Smolevichy-STI respectively.

The silver lining for B Dinamo Brest is that they may be back to winning ways after their Wednesday's 2-0 victory over Shakhtyor Soligorsk in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Belarus Cup, thus carrying some kind of momentum into Sunday's game. But Isloch will be the more rested side not having any mid-week fixtures.

Stadyen DASK Brestski has a artifical turf which may suit the hosts while Isloch's own stadium back home is grass-surfaced. Isloch's performance on artificial turf is nothing to write home about – 2 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses from 9 outings. They have found the back of the net on 12 occasions on the surface but have conceded as many as 16.

Dinamo Brest and Isloch faced each other on 10 occasions in the past with the former having won on five and the visitors to the Stadyen Brestski just once. Their last meeting had ended in a 5-1 thrashing of Isloch. Vitaly Zhukovsky's will look forward to changing that and what better opportunity than now when the champions are at their shakiest.

But, home advantage means the UK bookies have Dinamo Brest as favorites at odds of 3/4 while Isloch Minsk is being  backed at 15/4 and a draw at odds of 5/2.

Dinamo Brest vs FC Isloch Minsk Raion odds

• Both teams to score:  87/100
• Dinamo Brest to win & both teams to score: 27/10
• Over 2.5 goals: 91/100

Players to watch out for & (goals they have scored this season)

Alyaksandr Makas – Isloch Minsk (2)

Momo Yansane – Isloch Minsk (2)

Gabi Kiki – Dinamo Brest (1)

Artem Milevsky – Dinamo Brest (1)

Given the huge number of draws between the two (four), the outcome of Sunday's fixture could be heading for a similar result with a probable score line of 1-1.

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