1st position in the Vysshaya Liga table for BATE so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 10th-placed Vitebsk visits.
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.
The season is still full of potential for BATE as they can still win the whole Vysshaya Liga. Vitebsk are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
BATE form and stats
The story so far in the Vysshaya Liga for BATE, who have the most scored goals (56) in Vysshaya Liga, at their home stadium is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Isloch (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Vysshaya Liga game ended 2-2. Preceding that match was a defeat to Dinamo Brest (2-4).
No victory last time out for BATE, but the draw 2-2 felt nice for Boris Kopitović who came on as a substitute in the 67th minute and scored two goals.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for BATE home games with this odds we find 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in ten wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.
A decent goal production from BATE in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 13 league matches. BATE have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Vitebsk form and stats
Vitebsk have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Vysshaya Liga, after 2-5-6 (13 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Vitebsk are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Vitebsk won their last game, 1-0 versus Ynergetyk-BDU played at home.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Vitebsk played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vitebsk as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Vitebsk rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Vitebsk - BATE 2-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): BATE six wins, two draws and Vitebsk two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Skavysh 15 goals |  P. Nekhajchik 10 goals | S. Dragun 6 goals |
BATE missing players
Vitebsk missing players
| BATE | Vitebsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 56 | 25 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 25 |
| 30 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 81% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 54% |
| 62% | 46% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 46% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 19% | 23% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | 15% |
| 50% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 42% | 46% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 38% |
| 12% | 23% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 46% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 325 | 174 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 129 | 309 |
| 140 | 69 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 55 | 121 |
| 40% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 21% |
- BATE has the most scored goals (56) in Vysshaya Liga
- BATE has the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Vysshaya Liga
- BATE have scored more than double the goals of Vitebsk.
- Vitebsk has the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Vysshaya Liga
- Vitebsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BATE | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Neman Grodno | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 47 |
| 3 | Shakhtyor | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 28 | 46 |
| 4 | Torpedo BelAZ | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 44 |
| 5 | Isloch | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 43 |
| 6 | Dinamo Minsk | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 42 |
| 7 | Dinamo Brest | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 48 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 41 |
| 8 | Ruh Brest | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 16 | 39 |
| 9 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Vitebsk | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -5 | 34 |
| 11 | Minsk | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -10 | 34 |
| 12 | Slavia | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -12 | 28 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 24 |
| 14 | Slutsk | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -19 | 24 |
| 15 | Belshina | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -18 | 20 |
| 16 | Smolevichy-STI | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 61 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 27 | -35 | 14 |