DZERZHINSK, Belarus (Interstat) — Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and visiting Dnepr Mogilev played to a 0-0 draw on Sunday, with neither side finding the net and Dnepr forced to play nearly the entire match with 10 men after a first-minute red card. Arsenal Dzerzhinsk scored no goals and Dnepr Mogilev scored no goals, and the match remained level through the first half, the second half and stoppage time. The home side could not turn its numerical advantage into a goal, while Dnepr held on for a share of the result. The opening minute set the tone for a match that was decided by discipline and defense rather than scoring.

Dnepr’s Denisyuk A. was sent off in the first minute, an early dismissal that left the visitors a man short for almost the whole contest. Arsenal made its first substitution in the eighth minute, with Sotnikov N. involved in the change. The first half also produced a yellow card for Dnepr’s Kasarab M. in the 45+1 minute, in first-half stoppage time. Arsenal could not break through before the interval, and the teams went to halftime level at 0-0. Dnepr played the remainder of the first half with 10 men after the dismissal and kept Arsenal off the scoreboard.

Arsenal made two more substitutions after the break, with Zaleskiy A. in the 46th minute and Gorbachik V. in the 70th. Dnepr’s first substitution came in the 77th minute, when Kirilenko K. entered the match. Dnepr then used Lisakovich D. in the 87th minute and Krasnov N. in the 90+1 minute. Arsenal’s Polyakov D. was booked in the 80th minute. The cards and changes came without altering the scoreline, and neither side found a goal in the second half.

The match remained scoreless through the second half, and neither side recorded a goal. Dnepr’s defense protected the draw after the early sending off, while Arsenal was unable to convert its advantage into a breakthrough. The yellow cards and substitutions did not change the score, and the game ended without a goal. Dnepr’s players and Arsenal’s players left the field with the result still level at 0-0.

The draw leaves Dnepr Mogilev’s competition record at 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw, matching its 1-1-1 record across all competitions. Arsenal Dzerzhinsk’s competition record is 0 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, while its record across all competitions is 0 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws. Dnepr has one win, one loss and one draw in the competition, and Arsenal has no wins, two losses and one draw. Across all competitions, Arsenal has no wins, two losses and two draws.

Dnepr entered the match after a 2-1 home win against BATE and a 3-2 home loss to Din. Minsk. Arsenal’s previous results included a 2-0 loss at Din. Minsk, a 1-0 home loss to Dynamo Brest and a 0-0 draw at FC Minsk. Those results preceded the scoreless draw on Sunday, which added another draw to Arsenal’s overall record and kept Dnepr level in the competition record.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Dnepr Mogilev 1, Arsenal Dzerzhinsk 0. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Dnepr Mogilev with a 74.3 percent probability to win. Dnepr Mogilev had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 0 went over the over/under line of 2.5.