National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dinamo Brest or Ruh Brest 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.
Dinamo Brest form and stats
Dinamo participated in Belarusian Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.2 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Dinamo Brest have to build on here at Stadyen DASK Brestski in the Vysshaya Liga.
The Dinamo Brest crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Neman Grodno here at Stadyen DASK Brestski in a Vysshaya Liga match.
Before that match, a Vysshaya Liga win away at BATE.There will be little rest for Dinamo Brest after this match as they are travelling to Dinamo Minsk for a Vysshaya Liga game in only four days.
The Dinamo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Dinamo have conceded only 8 goals.
Ruh Brest form and stats
Brest's mission in Belarusian Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.3-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ruh Brest in their Vysshaya Liga matches away.
The Brest goalkeeper Aleksandr Nechaev is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 281 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Ruh Brest, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Ynergetyk-BDU in the Vysshaya Liga last time out.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Minsk in the Vysshaya Liga.A quick return to home after this game, as Ruh Brest are hosting Isloch in the Vysshaya Liga only four days away.
Brest are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). 10 goals have been conceded by Ruh Brest in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Dinamo won three games, one match ended with a draw and Ruh Brest has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / twoTop Goalscorers
  S. Bilenkiy 8 goals |  D. Laptev 7 goals | P. Sedko 5 goals |
Dinamo Brest missing players
Ruh Brest missing players
| Dinamo Brest | Ruh Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Scored | S | 22 | 41 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 34% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 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 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 43 |
| 2 | BATE | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | Ruh Brest | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | Gomel | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 32 |
| 6 | Dinamo Brest | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Minsk | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Vitebsk | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Torpedo BelAZ | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 10 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Isloch | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Neman Grodno | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 13 | Slutsk | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 15 |
| 14 | Slavia | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 13 |
| 15 | Smorgon | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -27 | 8 |
| 16 | Sputnik | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -34 | 7 |