A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both BATE and Slavia know what's at stake in this second leg of the Belarusian Cup Semi-finals clash.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
BATE form and stats
Last season their Belarusian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Only two Vysshaya Liga home games for BATE so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. On the other hand, in the Belarusian Cup, BATE has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Nothing to worry about in defence for BATE, as their goalkeeper Denis Scherbitski has completely shut out the opponents for 402 minutes in the Vysshaya Liga.
A strong away win for BATE against Gorodeya the last match, as Stanislav Dragun and Anton Saroka were on target. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Vysshaya Liga home game that ended 0-0 versus Torpedo BelAZ.
BATE are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew two and lost zero.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Vysshaya Liga game versus Neman Grodno in only four days. This game is also played here at Borisov Arena.
BATE has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Slavia form and stats
Slavia's mission in Belarusian Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Things could have gone better for Slavia in their Vysshaya Liga away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Belarusian Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
The manager M. Martsinovich was unhappy after their last game, a Vysshaya Liga match played at their home ground Stadyen Junatsva. Slavia suffered a 1-3 loss to Minsk. It was a Vysshaya Liga defeat before that one as the away game against Isloch wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
You'll want to know how Slavia managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and four home wins.
Slavia has another fixture away, a Vysshaya Liga game, against Vitebsk in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Slavia have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. For Slavia, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Slavia - BATE 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): BATE six wins, one draw and Slavia three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Dragun 3 goals | A. Saroka 2 goals |   A. Chukhley 2 goals |
BATE missing players
Slavia missing players
| BATE | Slavia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 8 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Scored | S | 14 | 44 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 20% | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 217 | 102 | Total Shots | T S | 64 | 181 | ||
| 110 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 66 | ||
| 30% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slutsk | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | BATE | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Torpedo BelAZ | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Vitebsk | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Dinamo Minsk | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Isloch | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Minsk | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Gorodeya | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Neman Grodno | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | Shakhtyor | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Ruh Brest | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Dinamo Brest | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Slavia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Smolevichy-STI | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Belshina | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 2 |