Neman Grodno vs Vitebsk Predictions

• Three of the last five competitive meetings have ended in a draw
• 9 of the last 13 clashes have seen under 2.5 goals bets win
• Little between the sides expected this weekend

Only five points separated Neman and Vitebsk in the 2019 Belarus Premier League standings and there may be little between the sides when they meet in Grodno on Sunday.

Despite languishing in the lower reaches of the table, both survived the drop – albeit narrowly in Vitebsk’s case. The visitors took just a single point from their final five games of last season but still managed to finish one place above the relegation playoff berth in 13th.

They began the new campaign in better heart last weekend, beating Gorodeya 1-0 on home soil, but they are narrow outsiders to beat Neman, who mustered only three shots on target in an abject opening-day defeat at Isloch, in what is a competitive betting heat.

The bookmakers’ stance looks a fair one given last year’s league meetings between the sides saw Neman strike late to win 1-0 last April before the sides played out a goalless draw in Vitebsk four months later.

In general, games between these two sides have been tight with six draws in the pair’s last ten league meetings. A couple of handsome Vitebsk wins in 2017 and 2018 have been outliers in what have been mostly low-scoring recent encounters.

Nine of the last 13 clashes have contained two goals or fewer and our prediction for this game is a low scoring affair, making Under 2.5 Goals a stand out play. The 1-1 correct score prediction reflects both team’s inability to find the net regularly, and the expectation for a closely fought game.

For those looking for bigger odds, backing the game to be at level at both half-time and full-time in the double-result market could be a shrewd play as four of the pair’s last six stalemates have also been level at the interval.