Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Volna & Slutsk face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belarusian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Volna's stadium, Stadyen Valna, has a artifical turf surface. Slutsk have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Slutsk when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from nine matches. They have scored {7 goals} in these games and conceded 9.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Volna form and stats
Volna was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the Belarusian Cup.Home games in the First Division have been a walk in the park for Volna so far, with 19 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Volna shared the glory with Bumprom in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Ahead of that match, Volna won a home game hosting Orsha (3-2).Volna can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Volna are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadyen Valna in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Slutsk form and stats
They also participated in Belarusian Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Slutsk so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
Slutsk go into this game after a win, the home game against Gomel that ended 3-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Shakhtyor's place.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Slutsk as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Slutsk have conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Volna three wins, two draws and Slutsk one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Grechikha 4 goals | D. Tkachik 4 goals | V. Kibuk 3 goals |
Volna missing players
Slutsk missing players
| Volna | Slutsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 34 | 22 | Scored | S | 5 | 24 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 44% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 56% | 36% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 68% | 74% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 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 |
