Only a win will satisfy the BATE supporters in this clash with Minsk, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Vysshaya Liga table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Minsk have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 5-5-16 (win-draw-loss) from 26 matches.
BATE form and stats
When playing at home in the Vysshaya Liga, BATE, who have the most scored goals (33) in Vysshaya Liga, have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.
BATE enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ruh Brest's place. The match ended 3-0 with Bojan Nastić and Pavel Nekhajchik scoring. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Slavia.
BATE decided the match against Ruh Brest in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for BATE home games with this odds we find 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in ten wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.
The BATE fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. BATE are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Minsk form and stats
There's been little loot from Minsk's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Vysshaya Liga. Minsk only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on A. Razin, the Minsk manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Minsk won their last game, 2-1 versus Ynergetyk-BDU played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Dinamo Minsk before that.
You'll want to know how Minsk managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
Minsk find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Minsk have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Minsk - BATE 0-3 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - zero - two (BATE wins - draws - Minsk wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Nekhajchik 8 goals | S. Dragun 5 goals | N. Milić 5 goals |
BATE missing players
Minsk missing players
| BATE | Minsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 33 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 29 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 69% |
| 56% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 44% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 5.9 | 6.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 213 | 112 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 64 | 146 |
| 97 | 44 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 20 | 56 |
| 34% | 25% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 34% |