National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Khimik Svetlogorsk or Ruh Brest that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Khimik Svetlogorsk form and stats
Khimik Svetlogorsk was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Belarusian Cup.Khimik Svetlogorsk have less points than they have played home games in the First Division so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 24 attempts. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Stadyen Chimik, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Lida game.
Khimik Svetlogorsk are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Krumkachy. Prior to that, an away loss at Gomel in the First Division.
Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Svetlogorsk have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn zero and lost one from one game. one defeat by at least two goals.
Early season league goal statistics from Khimik Svetlogorsk's 2 home games: 1 goal, 8 conceded.
Ruh Brest form and stats
Last season their Belarusian Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.The visitors are W5-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Vysshaya Liga. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the BATE game have they lost an away game, meaning Brest has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
It's the second away game in a row for Brest, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Gorodeya in the Vysshaya Liga last time out. A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Torpedo BelAZ in the Vysshaya Liga.
As mentioned earlier, Brest will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in one win (zero by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and zero surprising defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Brest's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Ruh Brest as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Khimik Svetlogorsk-Ruh Brest H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Khimik Svetlogorsk zero wins, Ruh Brest two wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Grechiho 6 goals | A. Kontsevoy 4 goals | V. Vassiljev 4 goals |
Khimik Svetlogorsk missing players
Ruh Brest missing players
| Khimik Svetlogorsk | Ruh Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 5 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 21 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 24 | 37 | ||
| 65 | 12 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 3.5 | 0.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 104 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 130 | 289 | ||
| 36 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 54 | 107 | ||
| 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sputnik | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Krumkachy | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Gomel | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| 5 | Gomelzheldortrans | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Smorgon | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Volna | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Lida | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Oshmyany | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Orsha | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Slonim | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 12 |
| 12 | Granit | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 9 |
| 13 | Naftan | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 27 | -30 | -8 |
| 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 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 25 | 43 |
| 2 | BATE | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 23 | 43 |
| 3 | Neman Grodno | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Torpedo BelAZ | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 35 |
| 5 | Isloch | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 35 |
| 6 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | Ruh Brest | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Dinamo Minsk | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Vitebsk | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Dinamo Brest | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| 11 | Slavia | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 24 |
| 12 | Slutsk | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 21 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 20 |
| 14 | Minsk | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -17 | 19 |
| 15 | Belshina | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 16 | Smolevichy-STI | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -17 | 14 |