Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gazovik & Vitebsk face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belarusian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Gazovik nor Vitebsk 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.
Gazovik form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Belarusian Cup for Gazovik, as the manager Petrov led his troops to eliminate Polotsk and Senno, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Belarusian Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.A strong away win for Gazovik against Polotsk the last match.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against FK Glubokoe.The manager Petrov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Lepel in only three days.
Vitebsk form and stats
Vitebsk's mission in Belarusian Cup last season failed in the round of 16.Playing away, Vitebsk have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the First Division this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Vitebsk, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Slonim last time out.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Baranovichi.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting MKK-Dnepr in just four days.
Vitebsk has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Kostomarov 2 goals |  V. Davydov 2 goals | K. Vardanyan 1 goals |
Gazovik missing players
Vitebsk missing players
| Gazovik | Vitebsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 65 | 37 | Scored | S | 17 | 30 | ||
| 21 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 44% | ||
| 2.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.8 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 0.9 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 125% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 27 |
| 2 | Baranovichi | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Gomelzheldortrans | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Dnepr Mogilev | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | MKK-Dnepr | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Volna | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | FC Ostrovets | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Molodechno-DYuSSh 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Slonim | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | Lida | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Vitebsk | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Zhodino Yuzhnoe | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Orsha | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Bumprom | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 15 | Niva | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 6 |
| 16 | Shakhtyor Petrikov | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 4 |
| 17 | Osipovichy | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -14 | 4 |
