Minsk hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 18 points and a 14th position in the Vysshaya Liga table. Visiting Ruh Brest holds 10th place with 26 pts.
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.
Minsk form and stats
Overall Vysshaya Liga stats at home this season for Minsk are 3-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).
No payout for Minsk in their previous match, an away game at BATE that ended in defeat 0-6. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Ynergetyk-BDU.
As you see from the result above, Minsk suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Minsk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Minsk have conceded 15 from these games.
Ruh Brest form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Vysshaya Liga travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. Brest are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Ruh Brest played 3-3 against Slavia in their previous match. A 0-3 loss hosting BATE before that.
It looked so good for Brest vs Slavia, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Brest, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? The draw against Slavia came from a losing position. The Ruh Brest manager A. Sednev brought on Oleg Nikiforenko as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Brest are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. Brest are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Minsk and Ruh Brest have met before this season: Ruh Brest - Minsk 1-0.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kontsevoy 4 goals |  O. Vasyliev 3 goals | R. Gribovski 3 goals |
Minsk missing players
Ruh Brest missing players
| Minsk | Ruh Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 26 |
| 35 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 84% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 42% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 41% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 5.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| 5 | 5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 161 | 82 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 104 | 240 |
| 58 | 36 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 41 | 87 |
| 33% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 39% | 30% |
- Minsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Minsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ruh Brest have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Ruh Brest have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Shakhtyor | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 37 |
| 2 | BATE | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 37 |
| 3 | Neman Grodno | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Torpedo BelAZ | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | Vitebsk | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Dinamo Brest | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 9 | Isloch | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 10 | Ruh Brest | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 11 | Slavia | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Slutsk | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | Gorodeya | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 19 |
| 14 | Minsk | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 18 |
| 15 | Smolevichy-STI | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 16 | Belshina | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -23 | 10 |