National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Niva or Naftan 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.
Niva form and stats
Last season their Belarusian Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.With 2 First Division wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Niva are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Niva's last game was hosting Osipovichy and winning 3-1.
In the game before, an away victory in the First Division match versus Shakhtyor Petrikov with a 3-1 scoreline.Niva have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadyen Valna with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Niva having conceded 23 goals here at Stadyen Valna so far.
Naftan form and stats
Naftan's mission in Belarusian Cup last season failed in the round of 32.Naftan have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Vysshaya Liga, after 2-0-6 (8 played).
The manager Rybak was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Stadyen Atlant. Naftan suffered a 0-3 loss to Neman Grodno.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus BATE at their stadium, the result 2-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Naftan as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() D. Fedortsov 6 goals | ![]() P. Pampukha 6 goals | ![]() M. Chizh 2 goals |
Niva missing players
Naftan missing players
| Niva | Naftan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 68 | 33 | Scored | S | 13 | 38 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 36% | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.4 | 7.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 81% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 36 |
| 2 | Gomelzheldortrans | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Vitebsk | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 31 |
| 4 | Baranovichi | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | Dnepr Mogilev | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 28 |
| 6 | Volna | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Molodechno-DYuSSh 4 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | MKK-Dnepr | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 22 |
| 9 | Zhodino Yuzhnoe | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | FC Ostrovets | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Niva | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -10 | 20 |
| 12 | Lida | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Orsha | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Bumprom | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Slonim | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | Shakhtyor Petrikov | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -28 | 5 |
| 17 | Osipovichy | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -27 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Minsk | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 32 |
| 2 | Neman Grodno | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Torpedo BelAZ | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | BATE | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Isloch | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Slavia | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Minsk | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Slutsk | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Gomel | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Smorgon | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 11 | Dinamo Brest | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -12 | 10 |
| 12 | Naftan | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -18 | 8 |
| 13 | Belshina | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -19 | -2 |
| 14 | Shakhtyor | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | -6 |
| 15 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -8 | -10 |