Dinamo Minsk vs Ruhk Brest Predictions

• Both teams have scored in 4 of Dinamo Minsk’s last 6 matches.
• Both teams have scored in 4 of Rukh Brest’s last 6 matches.
• Dinamo Minsk have scored 2 or more goals in 2 of their last 4 outings.
• Rukh Brest have only failed to score in 1 of their last 6 matches.

Dinamo Minsk just missed out on European qualification last season

Rukh Brest face the trickiest challenge in their history this season as the former farm club of Dinamo Brest take part in their first-ever Premier League campaign. A trip to Dinamo Minsk is likely to prove to be a tough ninety minutes for the side only founded in 2016, as their hosts finished 4th last season and are steeped in history having won the top division title 7-times and the Belarusian Cup on three occasions.

These two teams have never played one another before and the duos’ pre-season results give little away as Dinamo Minsk played against much tougher opposition and didn’t enjoy the same kind of results as Rukh Brest did against mostly obscure opponents. Minsk went down 5-3 on aggregate in the Belarussian Cup against title favourites BATE and played friendlies against the likes of Zenit and Dinamo Moscow, while Rukh Brest lost against Altyn Asyr, Rigas FS and Chikhura, and beat HIFK, Obolon-Brovar, and Spartak Myjava in friendlies.

Both teams scored in four of Dinamo Minsk’s last six outings, with Friday’s hosts failing to keep a clean sheet during that period, and four of Rukh Brest’s last six matches also ended with both teams on the scoreboard, so you can see why we have backed both teams to score in Friday’s clash.

Rukh Brest earned promotion via the playoffs last season

The visitors have only failed to score in one of their last six matches, away at Altyn Asyr, which suggests that Rukh Brest do have a goal in them. Last season Rukh Brest scored 65-goals in the First League, five more than second-placed Smolevichy managed, but their goal difference was only the fourth-best in the division.

Dinamo Minsk conceded 39-goals in the Premier League last season, which was more than four of the clubs that finished below them in the table and ended the campaign with a goal difference of just +4, which adds further weight to our prediction for a 2-1 final scoreline on Friday. The hosts are still the big favourites to win against Rukh Brest on Friday but we have backed both teams to score and believe that Dinamo Minsk will be made to work for the 3pts.

We’re confident that both teams will score in Friday’s clash and have predicted a narrow 2-1 scoreline in favour of the hosts. As well as the home advantage, Dinamo Minsk have been playing against tougher teams than Rukh Brest during pre-season and are established in the Premier League while their guests are playing in the debut season in the top flight of Belarussian football.