BATE travel to Vitebsk with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Fri 16.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski (8144 seats)

The campaign has been strenuous for Vitebsk so far, while BATE have done well. Will the travellers take a new scalp at Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski?

Insights:
  • Vitebsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • BATE have the most clean sheets (11) in Vysshaya Liga

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.

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Vitebsk form and stats

Vitebsk's struggle is real here at Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski with only 10 points collected from 10 Vysshaya Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-4.

Vitebsk faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dnepr Mogilev (1-2). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated through three league rounds.

Before that, Vitebsk drew at home versus Belshina.

It should be noted that a peek at the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Vitebsk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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BATE form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 4 draws and only 0 losses in the Vysshaya Liga.

BATE have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Andrey Kudravets. It's been 214 minutes since they last conceded in Vysshaya Liga.

BATE's last game was the home draw against Dinamo Minsk (0-0).

Prior to that result BATE won their away game at Gomel. The scoreline was 1-0.

BATE are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far. BATE's manager Zenevich has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

BATE have put together a sequence of 12 consecutive games without defeat (9-3-0) when facing Vitebsk.

The two combatants have fought previously this season: BATE - Vitebsk 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

VitebskR. Teverov
R. Teverov
6 goals
BATES. Dragun
S. Dragun
6 goals
BATEV. Malkevich
V. Malkevich
4 goals

Vitebsk missing players

BATE missing players

Vitebsk BATE
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 1 Played P 3 10 21
4 2 0 Won W 3 6 11
6 4 0 Drew D 0 4 7
11 4 1 Lost L 0 0 3
21 11 0 Scored S 9 18 36
32 15 3 Conceded C 0 4 15
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 86%
86% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 71%
52% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 62%
19% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 38%
19% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 80% 52%
38% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 24%
 
4.4 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.3 6.1
4.3 4.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.7 4.6
1.7 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • BATE have not yet lost a game away.
  • BATE have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • BATE have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Vysshaya Liga
  • BATE have the most clean sheets (11) in Vysshaya Liga
  • BATE have the most clean sheets (8) away in Vysshaya Liga
  • BATE have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vitebsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vitebsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 20 13 4 3 36 12 9 6 1 2 13 5 11 7 3 1 23 7 24 43
2 Ynergetyk-BDU 20 12 5 3 36 18 11 5 4 2 18 8 9 7 1 1 18 10 18 41
3 BATE 21 11 7 3 36 15 11 5 3 3 18 11 10 6 4 0 18 4 21 40
4 Dinamo Minsk 20 11 7 2 31 16 9 3 5 1 14 8 11 8 2 1 17 8 15 40
5 Isloch 21 10 4 7 35 26 10 3 3 4 14 14 11 7 1 3 21 12 9 34
6 Minsk 21 10 3 8 34 34 11 7 1 3 17 14 10 3 2 5 17 20 0 33
7 Torpedo BelAZ 21 9 5 7 28 23 10 3 4 3 16 12 11 6 1 4 12 11 5 32
8 Gomel 21 9 4 8 27 25 11 5 0 6 12 15 10 4 4 2 15 10 2 31
9 Neman Grodno 21 6 10 5 28 28 10 5 3 2 14 11 11 1 7 3 14 17 0 28
10 Slavia 21 7 5 9 28 33 11 3 3 5 15 18 10 4 2 4 13 15 -5 26
11 Belshina 21 5 8 8 29 33 11 2 3 6 9 17 10 3 5 2 20 16 -4 23
12 Slutsk 21 5 7 9 22 32 10 3 3 4 13 16 11 2 4 5 9 16 -10 22
13 Vitebsk 21 4 6 11 21 32 10 2 4 4 11 15 11 2 2 7 10 17 -11 18
14 Dinamo Brest 20 4 6 10 16 27 10 1 5 4 9 14 10 3 1 6 7 13 -11 18
15 Arsenal 21 3 4 14 13 33 11 2 2 7 9 17 10 1 2 7 4 16 -20 13
16 Dnepr Mogilev 21 3 3 15 20 53 11 3 0 8 12 31 10 0 3 7 8 22 -33 12

Read more about Vysshaya Liga

The Belarusian Premier League (or, the Vysshaya Liga) is the top level of football in Belarus. It was founded in 1992 after Belarus declared independence. It currently has 16 teams in a season running in spring, summer and autumn. Each team plays 30 fixtures to create a final league table.