A key match in Vysshaya Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Torpedo BelAZ in 5th position and BATE placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Torpedo BelAZ form and stats
Overall Vysshaya Liga stats at home this season for Torpedo BelAZ are 5-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).
It's back home for Torpedo BelAZ, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ynergetyk-BDU away with the result 4-1. Mikhail Afanasjev, Nikita Nikolaevich and Kirill Premudrov (2) found the net in that victory. Before that, Torpedo drew at home versus Dinamo Minsk.
Torpedo BelAZ are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Torpedo have conceded only 8 goals.
BATE form and stats
BATE, who have the most scored goals (39) in Vysshaya Liga, have an excellent away record in the Vysshaya Liga so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games. BATE are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
The BATE goalkeeper Denis Scherbitski is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 194 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Stanislav Dragun, Igor Stasevich, Maksim Skavysh (2), Evgeni Yablonski and Dmitri Baga secured the home win 6-0 against Minsk in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ruh Brest at their stadium, the result 3-0.
As mentioned above, BATE was the only team on the pitch versus Minsk in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.
The BATE manager K. Alshevskiy has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 9 league matches. As opposed to that, BATE have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the BATE - Torpedo 0-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Torpedo victory, three draws and six BATE wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Nekhajchik 8 goals |  G. Ramos da Penha 6 goals | S. Dragun 6 goals |
Torpedo BelAZ missing players
BATE missing players
| Torpedo BelAZ | BATE | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 22 | 39 |
| 21 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 79% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 95% |
| 63% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 79% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 78% | 58% |
| 32% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 37% |
| 16% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 47% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 42% |
| 42% | 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 32% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 5.8 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.9 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 204 | 108 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 101 | 231 |
| 66 | 33 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 53 | 107 |
| 38% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 36% |
- All of BATE's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- BATE has the most points (19) away
- BATE has the most scored goals (22) away
- BATE has the most scored goals (39)
- BATE has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
- BATE has the the best goal difference (+11) away
- BATE have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- BATE have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- BATE have scored at least twice as many goals away as Torpedo BelAZ have scored home.
- BATE have scored in all their away matches so far.
- BATE haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Torpedo BelAZ have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Shakhtyor | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 37 |
| 2 | BATE | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 37 |
| 3 | Neman Grodno | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Torpedo BelAZ | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | Vitebsk | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Dinamo Brest | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 9 | Isloch | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 10 | Ruh Brest | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 11 | Slavia | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Slutsk | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 19 |
| 14 | Minsk | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 18 |
| 15 | Smolevichy-STI | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 16 | Belshina | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -23 | 10 |