Shakhtyor get ready to welcome Isloch for something different than the ordinary league football: The Belarusian Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
Shakhtyor have less rest than Isloch in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Vysshaya Liga game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Slavia, was also a home game here at Stadyen Budaŭnik. The away team is better rested.
Shakhtyor form and stats
Shakhtyor participated in Belarusian Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Dinamo Brest.Perfect Vysshaya Liga season at home so far for Shakhtyor 3 wins from 3 appearances. This match is a Belarusian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition. Shakhtyor has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Dinamo Minsk defeat 185 days ago. Ever since the BATE game Shakhtyor has been unbeatable here at Stadyen Budaŭnik producing five straight wins.
Previous to that game, a Vysshaya Liga home match hosting Smorgon in a game that was won 3-0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Shakhtyor as they have a new game in only four days, a Vysshaya Liga match thankfully also at home. Ruh Brest are visiting.
Goals are plentiful at Stadyen Budaŭnik in the league this season as Shakhtyor has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. Defensively Shakhtyor have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (0 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Isloch form and stats
Last season their Belarusian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Dinamo Brest.Things could have gone better for Isloch in their Vysshaya Liga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Belarusian Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
A 0-1 loss hosting Ruh Brest before that.
As you can tell from the results above, Isloch was very dominant against Sputnik, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Dmitri Komarovsky, A. Anufriev, Aleksandr Anufriev (2) and Oleg Patotski providing the goals.
After this away game Isloch return home for a Vysshaya Liga game against BATE. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Isloch has scored 5 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Shakhtyor won seven games, one match ended with a draw and Isloch has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  D. Darboe 5 goals |  D. Komarovski 3 goals | J. Kendysh 2 goals |
Shakhtyor missing players
Isloch missing players
| Shakhtyor | Isloch | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 49 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 28 | 6 | Conceded | C | 22 | 50 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 56% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 44% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.4 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 51% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | Dinamo Brest | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | BATE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Isloch | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Dinamo Minsk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Minsk | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Gomel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Ruh Brest | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Vitebsk | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Torpedo BelAZ | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Slutsk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Sputnik | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -10 | 3 |
| 14 | Neman Grodno | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 15 | Slavia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Smorgon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 1 |