The Gomel manager A. Merkulov attacks this game with the team placed 4th so far. In the visitors dressing room Shakhtyor and their manager S. Tashuev are in 1st place before this match.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Gomel form and stats
Only two home games for Gomel so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.Gomel's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Ynergetyk-BDU. The home side are looking to build on that result. A strong away win before that one, visiting Slutsk and winning 6-0.
Gomel has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games.
Shakhtyor form and stats
Only one away game so far for Shakhtyor and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 5 draws and 3 losses from 15 travels.Shakhtyor are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Premier League against Slutsk. A 2-2 draw at Isloch's stadium before that.
As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Shakhtyor has managed 3 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Gomel victories, 2 draws and 6 Shakhtyor wins.Top Goalscorers
  V. Kvashuk 5 goals |  R. Bolov 3 goals |   E. Bakaj 2 goals |
Gomel missing players
Shakhtyor missing players
| Gomel | Shakhtyor | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | Played | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | Scored | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | Both teams to score | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | Clean Sheet | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% |
| 7.7 | 7.5 | Corners For (avg) | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
| Gomel | Last season | Shakhtyor | ||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | Played | 15 | 30 |
| 16 | 7 | Scored | 19 | 45 |
| 36 | 21 | Conceded | 10 | 14 |
| 80% | 73% | Over 0.5 | 80% | 83% |
| 53% | 60% | Over 1.5 | 53% | 50% |
| 27% | 27% | Over 2.5 | 33% | 40% |
| 7% | 13% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 20% |
| 3% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 3% |
| 20% | 13% | Both teams to score | 40% | 30% |
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheet | 47% | 60% |
| 60% | 67% | Failed To Score | 33% | 27% |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | Corners For (avg) | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 5 | 4.1 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Shakhtyor | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Dinamo Brest | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Gomel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 5 | BATE | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Isloch | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Tarpeda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Torpedo BelAZ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Minsk | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Vitebsk | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Slavia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Neman Grodno | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Slutsk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 1 |
| 15 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 1 |
| 16 | Dnyapro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
