Ruh Brest hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 12th position in the Vysshaya Liga table. Visiting Vitebsk holds 9th place with 15 pts.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Ruh Brest form and stats
1-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Vysshaya Liga numbers at home for Ruh Brest so far this season.
Brest drew their last game, 1-1 away at Isloch (placed 11th). Ahead of that match, Brest lost 1-4 at home to Dinamo Brest.
Brest aren't scoring a lot here at Stadyen DASK Brestski in the league, with only 3 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded.
Vitebsk form and stats
There's been little loot from Vitebsk's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Vysshaya Liga. Vitebsk only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws. The Vitebsk manager S. Yasinskiy is a generous human being, having led his team to five draws in a row during the last 42 days. Visiting Vitebsk has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Vitebsk played 2-2 against BATE in their previous match. A 3-3 draw at Ynergetyk-BDU's stadium before that.
The match against BATE looked like a defeat for Vitebsk, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Aleksandr Ksenofontov equalized in the 90th minute. As mentioned above, Vitebsk drew the match against BATE. Manager S. Yasinskiy brought on Aleksandr Ksenofontov to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Vitebsk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). As for defending, Vitebsk rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Nicolăescu 5 goals |  P. Sedko 2 goals | V. Vassiljev 2 goals |
Ruh Brest missing players
Vitebsk missing players
| Ruh Brest | Vitebsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 67% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 33% |
| 42% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 6.2 | 7.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 149 | 64 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 54 | 119 |
| 50 | 21 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 26 | 50 |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 23% | 26% |
- Ruh Brest has the most matches under the total-line (9)
- Ruh Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Shakhtyor | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | BATE | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Dinamo Brest | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Torpedo BelAZ | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Dinamo Minsk | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Neman Grodno | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Slutsk | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Vitebsk | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | Slavia | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Isloch | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Ruh Brest | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Smolevichy-STI | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Minsk | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 13 |
| 15 | Gorodeya | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Belshina | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 3 |