Belarusian Premier League preview: Can Zhodino overcome BATE Borisov to stay top?

Odds and preview for this weekend’s fixtures

We’ve reached the fifth round of fixtures in the newseason of the Belarusian Premier League.

And with plenty of mouth-watering clashes this weekend, we’vepreviewed the best of the action.

Friday

There are two games to get stuck into on Friday, startingwith Belshini v Smolevichi at 15:30. The pair are currently the bottom two inthe table, with the lower-placed hosts the slight favourites at 27/10.

Smolevichi are going at 21/10 while our traders havethe draw priced at 9/5.

Then at 17:30, Soligorsk have the backing at 2/5 toclaim a home win over Slutsk, despite the visitors flying high in third andjust two points off top.

Slutsk won 3-2 at Isloch last weekend and are 15/2 torepeat the feat, with the draw going at 3/1.

Saturday

We’ve got four games to look forward to on Saturday,including league leaders Zhodino’s trip to BATE Borisov at 18:00.

BATE are currently seventh in the table after a slow startto the campaign but they should win comfortably at 2/5, with Zhodino pricedat 13/2 to continue their fine form.

Elsewhere, Vitebsk are 21/5 to secure a surprise homewin over 2/3 priced Brest, with the draw going at 9/4.

Saturday kicks off with FC Rukh Brest’s clash with FC Minskat 12:00, with the hosts the narrow favourites at 31/20.