Belarus round-up: Neman undone by Shakhtior

Shakhtior Soligorsk edged a shock 1-0 win over Belarussian first division leaders FC Neman at the weekend.

Trepachkin strike
Shakhtior boosted their slim championship hopes in Soligorsk, with Roman Trepachkin hitting the decisive goal on 14 minutes.

The chasing pack
FC BATE Borsiov and FC Torpedo-MAZ Minsk, however, are now within two points from Neman, as both sides clinched away victories. BATE beat FC Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk, who shocked Yuri Puntus`s men with an early goal from Andrei Vasilchuk on three minutes.

Goncharik double
The Borisov side, however, were quick to restore the status quo, as Artem Kontsevoy buried a penalty, Artem Goncharik was twice on target before Vadim Skripchenko had the final word in a 4-1 victory.

Torpedo prevail
Torpedo-MAZ were made to battle harder in a 1-0 defeat of FC Dinamo Minsk, with striker Vladislav Bezborodov hitting the only goal of the game on 44 minutes. Dmitri Pinin saved Torpedo-MAZ from what seemed to be an inevitable equalizer with a goalmouth clearance following a shot from Roman Vasilyuk.

Other results
Elsewhere, FC Gomel beat FC Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 3-1, FC Belshina Bobruisk overcame FC Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk 3-2, FC Dinamo Brest defeated FC Molodechno-2000 3-1 and FC Slavia Mozyr sneaked a 2-1 victory over FC Torpedo Zhodino.