Gomel get ready to welcome Vitebsk for something different than the ordinary league football: The Belarusian Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gomel and Vitebsk.
Gomel form and stats
Gomel was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Belarusian Cup.Gomel have collected 0 points from their Vysshaya Liga home games so far after 0-0-1.
The Gomel crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Slavia here at Stadyen DYuSSh-8.
Before that match, a Vysshaya Liga win away at Arsenal.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gomel as they are travelling to their away game against Belshina in the Vysshaya Liga. That match is four days after this one.
Gomel has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Vitebsk form and stats
Vitebsk's mission in Belarusian Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against BATE.The visitors are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Vysshaya Liga.
Vitebsk's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Minsk that finished 1-1.
Vitebsk have another match away from home in just four nights, a Vysshaya Liga match vs Arsenal. A grim diary for the visiting team!
1 goal so far away for Vitebsk, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Gomel won two, Vitebsk triumphed in six and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  G. Gogolashvili 1 goals | A. Makas 1 goals |   A. Ksenofontov 1 goals |
Gomel missing players
Vitebsk missing players
| Gomel | Vitebsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 8 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 43 | 29 | Scored | S | 6 | 31 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.8 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 11.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 25% | ||
| 7 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BATE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Shakhtyor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Neman Grodno | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Dinamo Minsk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Slutsk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Gomel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Slavia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Dinamo Brest | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Isloch | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Arsenal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Minsk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Vitebsk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Belshina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Dnepr Mogilev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Torpedo BelAZ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
