National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Arsenal or Smolevichy-STI that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Arsenal form and stats
Arsenal participated in Belarusian Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.Arsenal are steadily winning First Division games and points here at Stadyen RTsOP-BGU. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. Ever since the Sputnik game Arsenal has been unbeatable here at Stadyen RTsOP-BGU producing four straight wins.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Arsenal, as their goalkeeper Pavel Golovenko has completely shut out the opponents for 231 minutes in the First Division.
Arsenal's previous game was a First Division match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Granit. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Gomel.
The Arsenal manager S. Yaskovich has got the team scoring with 18 from 8 home games in the league. Arsenal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadyen RTsOP-BGU in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Smolevichy-STI form and stats
Last season their Belarusian Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Smolevichy-STI so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-7 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row. It's looking increasingly bleak for Smolevichy-STI who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Isloch was the last time a defeat was avoided.
There might be some fixture complaints from Smolevichy-STI as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Vysshaya Liga match against Ynergetyk-BDU (1-4). The game before that, in the Vysshaya Liga, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Belshina.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Smolevichy-STI's away games in the league this season with only 5 goals from 10 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Smolevichy-STI have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kiyko 4 goals |  A. Miroevski 4 goals | D. Osipenko 4 goals |
Arsenal missing players
Smolevichy-STI missing players
| Arsenal | Smolevichy-STI | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 52 | 26 | Scored | S | 9 | 27 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 122 | 72 | Total Shots | T S | 63 | 146 | ||
| 60 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 27 | 60 | ||
| 40% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sputnik | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Krumkachy | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Gomel | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| 5 | Gomelzheldortrans | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Smorgon | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Volna | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Lida | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Oshmyany | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Orsha | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Slonim | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 12 |
| 12 | Granit | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 9 |
| 13 | Naftan | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 27 | -30 | -8 |
| 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 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 25 | 43 |
| 2 | BATE | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 23 | 43 |
| 3 | Neman Grodno | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Torpedo BelAZ | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 35 |
| 5 | Isloch | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 35 |
| 6 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | Ruh Brest | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Dinamo Minsk | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Vitebsk | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Dinamo Brest | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| 11 | Slavia | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 24 |
| 12 | Slutsk | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 21 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 20 |
| 14 | Minsk | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -17 | 19 |
| 15 | Belshina | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 16 | Smolevichy-STI | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -17 | 14 |