Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shakhtyor & Gomel face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belarusian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Shakhtyor form and stats
Shakhtyor participated in Belarusian Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Isloch.This stadium, Stadyen Budaŭnik, has been a fortress for Shakhtyor in the Vysshaya Liga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-1-0. Shakhtyor haven’t lost a league-game in 20 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Dinamo Minsk, 295 days ago.
A strong away win for Shakhtyor against Isloch the last match.
Before that match, a Belarusian Cup win away at Uzda.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shakhtyor as they are travelling to their away game against Smorgon in the Vysshaya Liga. That match is three days after this one.
Shakhtyor can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 21 times. As for guarding their own goal, Shakhtyor have only let in 3 goals at home.
Gomel form and stats
They also participated in Belarusian Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.Playing away, Gomel have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Vysshaya Liga this season. Momentum is building for Gomel in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Gomel's last game was the home draw against BATE (2-2). As mentioned above, Gomel drew the match against BATE. Manager I. Bionchik brought on Oleksandr Vasyliev to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Prior to that result Gomel won their away game at Sputnik in the Vysshaya Liga. The scoreline was 3-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Vysshaya Liga trip to Neman Grodno.
The travelling fans enjoy Gomel's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Gomel have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Shakhtyor victories, two draws and zero Gomel wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Darboe 13 goals |  A. Solovey 9 goals | V. Pobudey 4 goals |
Shakhtyor missing players
Gomel missing players
| Shakhtyor | Gomel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 10 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 48 | 30 | Scored | S | 36 | 59 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 17 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 12% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.9 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 46% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 45% | ||
| 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 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 43 |
| 2 | BATE | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | Ruh Brest | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | Gomel | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 32 |
| 6 | Dinamo Brest | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Minsk | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Vitebsk | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Torpedo BelAZ | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 10 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Isloch | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Neman Grodno | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 13 | Slutsk | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 15 |
| 14 | Slavia | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 13 |
| 15 | Smorgon | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -27 | 8 |
| 16 | Sputnik | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -34 | 7 |