National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ruh Brest or Minsk that keep their silverware dream alive.
Ruh Brest and Minsk should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Ruh Brest form and stats
Brest participated in Belarusian Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.4 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Ruh Brest have to build on here in the Vysshaya Liga.
The Brest goalkeeper Roman Stepanov is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 216 minutes without conceding a goal in the Vysshaya Liga.
Ruh Brest's last game was hosting Slutsk and winning 5-0. Before that match, a Vysshaya Liga win away at Smolevichy-STI.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Brest played a great game against Slutsk and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
A decent goal production from Brest in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Minsk form and stats
Minsk's mission in Belarusian Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Minsk so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
Minsk won their last game, 2-1 versus Smolevichy-STI played at home. Preceding that game was the away Vysshaya Liga victory against Smolevichy-STI with the score of 4-0.
Aleksandr Anufriev came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Smolevichy-STI last time out, making the manager V. Skripchenko feel like a tactical genius.
Minsk have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Minsk struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Ruh Brest victories, zero draws and zero Minsk wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Grechiho 6 goals | V. Vassiljev 6 goals |  R. Gribovski 6 goals |
Ruh Brest missing players
Minsk missing players
| Ruh Brest | Minsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 20 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Conceded | C | 23 | 43 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 336 | 186 | Total Shots | T S | 108 | 247 | ||
| 126 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 102 | ||
| 38% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 26 | 49 |
| 2 | Neman Grodno | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 47 |
| 3 | Shakhtyor | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 46 |
| 4 | Isloch | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 42 |
| 5 | Torpedo BelAZ | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 41 |
| 6 | Ruh Brest | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 19 | 39 |
| 7 | Dinamo Brest | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 38 |
| 8 | Dinamo Minsk | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 36 |
| 9 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Vitebsk | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -6 | 31 |
| 11 | Minsk | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 31 |
| 12 | Slavia | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 27 | -11 | 28 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -21 | 21 |
| 14 | Slutsk | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -20 | 21 |
| 15 | Belshina | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -18 | 20 |
| 16 | Smolevichy-STI | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -31 | 14 |