Coronavirus? No problem! All you need to know about the Belarusian Premier League: Free tips and analysis

Football around Europe are currently suspended due to coronavirus pandemic. There are more than 1 million confirmed cases of the virus around the world, however, it's not an obstacle for Belarusian football.  The Belarusian Premier League is the only active European top-flight league at the moment, despite the fact they have never known this level of international recognition.  According to Worldometers, in Belarus, there are 700 confirmed cases of the virus with 13 confirmed deaths. But the Belarusian authorities have dismissed pandemic alerts.  Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said citizens have nothing to worry about. 

“It’s better to die standing than to live on your knees,” he said. (via Reuters) 

Vitebsk player Anton Matveyenko is more concerned about the situation.

"I am not in the best mood," he said. "There is rather a feeling of danger nearby. And when everybody is phoning you and asking about Vitsebsk, I feel somewhat uneasy." (via pressball)

However, football still goes on in Belarus and at the weekend they played the third round. 

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  When the league has started?  The Belarusian season starts in March, unlike most of Europe. The Belarusian Premier League was organized in 1992. The highest number of participated teams in the league was 17, in the very first season of the league.  Throughout the 2000s, the number of contending teams has changed several times. Currently, there are 16 teams participating in the tournament.  Image Source: Futbolgrad

Current Standings

Only three games have been played in the Belarusian League as for now (April 06).   Energetik-BGU Minsk have won all their three games and they have nine points. They beat BATE (3-1), Ruh Brest (1-0) and the latest "victim" of Vladimir Belyavskiy's side were Minsk (2-0). 

Top Goalscorers

1. Jasur Yakhshiboev  (Energetik-BGU Minsk) - 3
2. Nikita Melnikov (Slavia Mozhyr) - 2
3. Vladimir Khvashchinski (FK Minsk) - 2
4. Artem Serdyuk (FK Slutsk) - 2
5. Andrey Chukhley (Slavia Mozhyr) - 2

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European Success  BATE is the only Belarusian team to have qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League and one of two to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League, alongside Dinamo Minsk. Image Source: Getty Images

Top 3 performances

BATE Borisov - 15 (1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) Dinamo Minsk - 7 (1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995, 1997, 2004) Slavia Mozyr - 2 (1996, 2000)

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Next Round  The fourth round of the Belarusian League will kick-off on Friday, April 10 when Neman will host Belshina. However, the most entertaining games will take place on Saturday, April 11.  Second-placed Slutsk will host seventh-placed Vitebsk but the key factor of the game is that the two clubs have six points.  Current leaders, Energetik BGU will travel to face Torpedo. Torpedo are currently sixth in the league with six points.  There will also be a huge battle between Dinamo Minsk and Gorodeya. The clubs have three points and respectively 13th and 14th in the league.