Molodechno-DUSS 4 secured a clear 3-0 victory over BATE II in the First League's twenty-third round on Thursday, September the fourth. The home side ran out winners at their own ground, extending a run of form that has seen them string together four wins and a draw from their last five outings. BATE II, meanwhile, remain rooted in seventeenth place with eighteen points after twenty-two games.
The opening goal arrived in the sixtieth minute when E. Shmarov found the net, and the hosts doubled their advantage a minute later through I. Chernykh. By then the match had settled into a comfortable rhythm for the home side, who kept knocking on the door and eventually added a third goal in the eightieth-eighth minute. Two yellow cards were issued during the contest, one in the thirtieth minute and another in the thirty-eighth.
We had tipped the home side to take all three points, giving them sixty-one percent confidence in our preview. That assessment proved accurate, though the margin of victory suggests the hosts were operating at a higher level than the prediction alone might have anticipated. Molodechno-DUSS 4 had nothing to do all evening in terms of genuine danger from the visitors.
The result lifts the home side further into mid-table contention. They sit fifth with thirty-eight points from twelve wins, two draws and eight losses. BATE II's position at seventeenth, with four wins and six draws alongside twelve defeats, tells a different story of a side struggling to find consistency this season.
What stood out was the efficiency of the home attack. Three goals from the chances created, with the second following almost immediately after the opener. The visitors, who had shown flashes of attacking intent in recent fixtures including a five-three win over Volna Pinsk, could not match that intensity for long stretches.
