FC Gomel and FC Vitebsk played to a draw in the 18th round of the Belarusian Championship

July 22, Minsk /Sergey Vishnevsky - BELTA/. Gomel and Vitebsk footballers played a draw in the match of the 18th round of the Belarusian Premier League, reports BELTA correspondent.

Gomel - Vitebsk - 2:2 (Kuzmenok, 2, Kozyeka, 11 - Gukaylo, 43, Slesarchuk, 45+1).

The Belarusian Cup holders, Gomel, who are preparing for the start of the Europa League qualifiers, gained a comfortable two-goal lead by the 11th minute of the match, with both assists coming from Igor Stasevich, the league's top scorer in the "goal+assist" category, who has already accumulated 18 (5+13) points. However, at the end of the first half, the hosts sharply lost their significant advantage, conceding twice in three minutes. In the second half, the goalkeepers of both teams remained "dry".

Now, on July 28, Gomel will play an away match in the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League against Turkish Bursaspor. The return match will be held on August 4 in Gomel.

As for the other matches of the 18th round of the Belarusian Premier League, the first match took place on June 29, when BATE played a draw with Shakhtyor Soligorsk - 2:2 (Kirenkin, 30, own goal, Bressan, 53 - Sitko, 28, 46).

Four more matches will be held in the next three days:

July 23. Naftan (Novopolotsk) - Torpedo-BelAZ (Zhodino).
July 24. Dnepr (Mogilev) - Dinamo (Brest), Neman (Grodno) - Dinamo (Minsk).
July 25. Minsk - Belshina (Bobruisk).

In the meantime, the teams' standings are as follows:

1. BATE (Borisov) - 41 points (after 18 games; goal difference 34-8)
2. Shakhtyor (Soligorsk) - 33 (18; 22-11)
3. Naftan (Novopolotsk) - 27 (17; 27-22)
4. Gomel - 25 (18; 20-13)
5. Dinamo (Minsk) - 24 (17; 21-19)
6. Neman (Grodno) - 22 (17; 17-21)
7. Vitebsk - 21 (18; 16-23)
8. Belshina (Bobruisk) - 21 (17; 22-23)
9. Torpedo-BelAZ (Zhodino) - 21 (17; 18-23)
10. Minsk - 18 (17; 18-23)
11. Dnepr (Mogilev) - 13 (17; 15-31)
12. Dinamo (Brest) - 12 (17; 17-30).

Top Scorers: Pavel Nekhaychik (BATE) - 7 goals, Alexander Alumona (Shakhtyor) - 6, Pavel Sitko (Shakhtyor) - 6.-0-