Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round between BATE and Aris Limassol. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It's quite the trip for Aris Limassol when visiting BATE as the cities are 3600 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
BATE form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Champions League for BATE, as the manager Alshevskiy led his troops to eliminate Partizani Tirana, and reach the 2nd Qualifying Round.2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what BATE have to build on here at Városi Stadion in the Vysshaya Liga. 1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for BATE.
The followers hope that BATE will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-6 away loss in the Champions League fixture against Aris Limassol. Kontsevoj, a striker, was the highest rated player for the side in that game, earning a rating of 7.4 (out of 10). Kontsevoj scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that game, a home win hosting Partizani Tirana in the Champions League.
The BATE fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. On the other hand, BATE have conceded 9 goals.
Aris Limassol form and stats
The club members enjoyed Aris Limassol's previous match versus BATE, a Champions League win (6-2) played at home. The attacker Gomis got a match rating of 8.81 in that game. Gomis scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that one, the victory at home against Omonia Nicosia in the Super Cup (2-0).
Head 2 Head
Aris Limassol - BATE 6-2 was the story when these two squads last did battle, earlier this season. Gomis likes to meet BATE and have scored 2 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Gromyko 6 goals |  S. Bane 3 goals |  A. Shestyuk 1 goals |
BATE missing players
Aris Limassol missing players
| BATE | Aris Limassol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 53 | 16 | Scored | S | 20 | 47 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 350% | 267% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | ||
| 3.1 | 2.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.6 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Minsk | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 32 |
| 2 | Neman Grodno | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Torpedo BelAZ | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | BATE | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Isloch | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Slavia | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Minsk | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Slutsk | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Gomel | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Smorgon | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 11 | Dinamo Brest | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -12 | 10 |
| 12 | Naftan | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -18 | 8 |
| 13 | Belshina | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -19 | -2 |
| 14 | Shakhtyor | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | -6 |
| 15 | Ynergetyk-BDU | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -8 | -10 |
