BATE get ready to welcome Torpedo BelAZ for something different than the ordinary league football: The Belarusian Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
It's no vacation for neither BATE nor Torpedo BelAZ as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
BATE form and stats
Perfect Vysshaya Liga season at home so far for BATE 3 wins from 3 appearances. 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Belarusian Cup for BATE. BATE has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Dinamo Brest defeat 207 days ago. Ever since the Dinamo Brest game BATE has been unbeatable here at Borisov Arena producing five straight wins.
A nice win for BATE last time playing, versus Ynergetyk-BDU. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Stanislav Dragun (2) scoring for the victors. Preceding that game was the away draw at Minsk that finished 2-2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for BATE as they are travelling to their away game against Isloch in the Vysshaya Liga. That match is four days after this one.
BATE are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). 3 goals have been conceded.
Torpedo BelAZ form and stats
Torpedo BelAZ was sent out of Belarusian Cup in the quarter-finals last season, when Shakhtyor turned out to be too strong.Things could have gone better for Torpedo BelAZ in their Vysshaya Liga away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. Total Belarusian Cup statistics for Torpedo BelAZ: 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
A. Skitov (own goal) was the last player to score for the away team. Torpedo BelAZ haven't scored a league goal in the last 240 minutes.
Torpedo might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Dinamo Brest proved too strong as Torpedo BelAZ slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadyen Tarpeda. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Slutsk's place.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Vysshaya Liga trip to Gomel.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Torpedo's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Torpedo BelAZ have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: BATE won five, Torpedo BelAZ won two and three draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Umarov 3 goals |  S. Dragun 2 goals |  M. Skavysh 2 goals |
BATE missing players
Torpedo BelAZ missing players
| BATE | Torpedo BelAZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 49 | 38 | Scored | S | 26 | 52 | ||
| 39 | 29 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 41% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 55% | 36% | ||
| 72% | 76% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 14.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 6.3 | ||
| 40% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 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 | Shakhtyor | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | Dinamo Brest | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | BATE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Isloch | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Dinamo Minsk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Minsk | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Gomel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Ruh Brest | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Vitebsk | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Torpedo BelAZ | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Slutsk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Sputnik | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -10 | 3 |
| 14 | Neman Grodno | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 15 | Slavia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Smorgon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 1 |