A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The BATE fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Gorodeya's 13th place in the table will show on the pitch.
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!
BATE form and stats
5-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Vysshaya Liga numbers at home for BATE, who have the most scored goals (41) in Vysshaya Liga, so far this season.
BATE are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Torpedo BelAZ. Before that, BATE had a home game versus Minsk which ended with a victory 6-0.
Did BATE get overconfident in their match against Torpedo BelAZ? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat.
A decent goal production from BATE in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, BATE have conceded only 7 goals.
Gorodeya form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gorodeya so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Gorodeya, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Gorodeya played 1-1 against Ynergetyk-BDU in their previous match. A 0-1 defeat away at Dinamo Minsk before that.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Gorodeya have conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Gorodeya - BATE 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: BATE won five, Gorodeya won two and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Nekhajchik 8 goals |  M. Skavysh 7 goals | S. Dragun 6 goals |
BATE missing players
Gorodeya missing players
| BATE | Gorodeya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 41 | 17 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 31 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 75% |
| 60% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 35% |
| 40% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 25% |
| 15% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| 45% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 45% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 15% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 30% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.8 | 6.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 247 | 130 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 65 | 141 |
| 111 | 54 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 24 | 52 |
| 37% | 31% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 35% |
- BATE has the most dropped points from leading position (12)
- BATE has the most scored goals (41)
- BATE has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
- BATE have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- BATE have scored more than double the goals of Gorodeya.
- Gorodeya have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Gorodeya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Gorodeya have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P | ||||||||||
| 1 | Ajax Cape Town | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 51 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Tshakhuma | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 44 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Uthongathi | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 43 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Real Kings | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 40 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Free State Stars | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 7 | JDR Stars | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 8 | University of Pretoria | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Steenberg United | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 3 9 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Vitebsk | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Ruh Brest | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Slavia | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Slutsk | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Gorodeya | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Minsk | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -17 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Smolevichy-STI | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Belshina | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -20 | 13 | ||||||||||