BATE perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Dinamo Minsk can look both up and down from their 8th position.
Dinamo Minsk could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Vysshaya Liga game only zero sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at BATE. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
BATE form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 6 Vysshaya Liga games here for BATE. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. BATE has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Slavia defeat 91 days ago.
BATE enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Belshina's place. The match ended 2-0 with Igor Stasevich and Pavel Nekhajchik scoring. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Shakhtyor that ended 2-2.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how BATE have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost zero.
BATE have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 10 goals in 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, BATE have only let in 3 goals at home.
Dinamo Minsk form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Vysshaya Liga travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Dinamo has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
400 minutes! That's how long the Dinamo Minsk goalkeeper Daniil Shapko and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Dinamo, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus BATE (placed 1st) in the Vysshaya Liga last time out. A draw for Dinamo before that, at their own venue hosting Ynergetyk-BDU (0-0).
Dinamo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of three matches.
Dinamo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. Dinamo Minsk have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the BATE - Dinamo Minsk 0-2 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: BATE won eight, Dinamo Minsk won one and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Nekhajchik 7 goals |  Y. Schikavko 6 goals | S. Dragun 5 goals |
BATE missing players
Dinamo Minsk missing players
| BATE | Dinamo Minsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 29 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 20 |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 93% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 79% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 60% |
| 64% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 33% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 20% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 33% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 47% |
| 7% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 5.2 | 5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.4 | 6.1 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 167 | 77 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 73 | 166 |
| 80 | 35 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 37 | 78 |
| 36% | 29% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | 26% |
- BATE has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
- BATE has the most scored goals (29)
- BATE has the most scored goals in the first half (15)
- BATE has the the best goal difference (+15)
- BATE have not yet lost a game at home.
- BATE have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dinamo Minsk has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Dinamo Minsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dinamo Minsk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Dinamo Minsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BATE | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Shakhtyor | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 3 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Dinamo Brest | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | Neman Grodno | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Torpedo BelAZ | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Vitebsk | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Dinamo Minsk | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Isloch | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Slutsk | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Slavia | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 18 |
| 12 | Ruh Brest | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 14 | Minsk | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Smolevichy-STI | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Belshina | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -19 | 6 |