Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round between BATE and Sheriff. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Sheriff have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sheriff could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a National Division game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Sparta Selemet, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sheriff.
BATE form and stats
The story so far in the Vysshaya Liga for BATE at their home stadium (Borisov Arena) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Nothing to worry about in defence for BATE, as their goalkeeper Andrey Kudravets has completely shut out the opponents for 189 minutes in the Vysshaya Liga.
The fans are hoping that BATE will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the Europa League fixture against Sheriff.
Ahead of that result, a home loss in the Champions League against Aris.
The BATE fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. BATE's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sheriff form and stats
Sheriff was sent out of Europa League in the group stage last season.Sheriff are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the National Division.
538 minutes! That's how long the Sheriff goalkeeper Maksym Koval and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Sheriff, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Sparta Selemet last time out.
Before that match, the victory at home against BATE in the Europa League (5-1).
After this away game Sheriff return home for a National Division game against Dacia-Buiucani. That game is only one sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sheriff has managed {3 goals} and let in 0 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
BATE and Sheriff have duelled before this season: Sheriff - BATE 5-1. Stats for the former three meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for BATE, zero draws and one win for Sheriff. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Gromyko 6 goals |  S. Bane 3 goals |  A. Shestyuk 1 goals |
BATE missing players
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| BATE | Sheriff | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 53 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | C | 10 | 15 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 265% | 173% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 47% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Minsk | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 36 |
| 2 | Neman Grodno | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Torpedo BelAZ | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Slavia | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Isloch | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | BATE | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Slutsk | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Gomel | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Minsk | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Smorgon | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -14 | 16 |
| 11 | Dinamo Brest | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 12 | Naftan | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -19 | 9 |
| 13 | Belshina | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -17 | 1 |
| 14 | Shakhtyor | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 13 | -5 |
| 15 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | -9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheriff | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Milsami | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Floresti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | CSF Balti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Zimbru | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Petrocub | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Dacia-Buiucani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 8 | Sparta Selemet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
