Stuart Walker 
FC Minsk are bidding for a return to winning ways when they travel to struggling Ruh Brest on Saturday. Andrey Razin’s side have followed back-to-back wins with consecutive defeats to sit only two points higher than their opponents, who are one place above the relegation zone.
FC Slutsk are aiming to keep pace with the Vysshaya Liga leaders when they travel to shot-shy Shakhtyor on Friday evening. Vitaliy Pavlov’s side are third in the table, two points off the summit after two wins and a draw from their opening four matches.
Slavia Mozyr will take on Ruh Brest in the first head-to-head meeting between the two sides to complete the fourth round of fixtures in the Vysshaya Liga on Monday afternoon. The hosts will be buoyed by their recent winning run when they face a relative unknown quantity in Ruh Brest, who have been a professional outfit for only two years.
Champions Dinamo Brest are still awaiting their first home league win of the 2020 Vysshaya Liga when they host FC Isloch. Brest are languishing in 10th place after four points from three games, while they face an Isloch team who will want to bounce back from a defeat following two victories.
Smolevichi aim to secure their first win of the season when they take on Shakhtyor Soligorsk in the fourth round of fixtures in the 2020 Vysshaya Liga. The promoted outfit have picked up just one point on their return to top-flight football in Belarus after three matches.
FC Minsk and BATE Borisov had contrasting results during the third round of the Vysshaya Liga fixtures as they go head to head at the FC Minsk Stadium. Minsk fell to a 2-0 derby defeat at top-of-the-table Energetik while BATE, who had won the league title for 13 successive years before finishing second last season, secured their first win at newcomers Ruh Brest.
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Neman Grodno are looking to extend their unbeaten run in the Vysshaya Liga when they host bottom-placed Belshina on Friday. Igor Kovalevich’s side have bounced back from an opening-round defeat by claiming four points from their last two matches.
Slutsk and Vitebsk have made identical starts to the Vysshaya Liga season ahead of their clash on Saturday. Both sides started the campaign with wins and bounced back from defeats to take six points from their opening three games.
Energetik will aim to preserve their 100 per cent start to the Vysshaya Liga season when they travel to Torpedo Zhodino on Saturday. Vladimir Pigulevsky’s side have surged to the top of the table after comfortably winning all three of their matches.
Gorodeya and Dinamo Minsk will hope to build on their recent victories when they face off at the Gorodeya Stadium in Vysshaya Liga action on Saturday afternoon. Both teams lost their opening two matches but bounced back with their first wins of the campaign to kick-start their season.
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Isloch will aim to continue their 100 per cent record when they host Slutsk during the third round of fixtures in Belarus’ top flight. The hosts have won both of their home games so far but that may not be a factor as the last six contests between the two sides have seen the away team prevail on each occasion.
Vitebsk will look to build on their opening home win against Gorodeya when they host Vysshaya Liga newcomers Smolevichi on Sunday afternoon. The early indicators point towards a tight clash at the Vitebsky Central Sport Complex, with the home side scoring only once so far which came courtesy of an own goal from Gorodeya forward Dmitri Ignatenko.