Balanced ball game between BATE and Shakhtyor expected

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for BATE - Shakhtyor!

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BATE have less rest than Shakhtyor in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Vysshaya Liga game only zero days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Shakhtyor, was also a home game here at Borisov Arena. The away team is better rested.

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BATE form and stats

The story so far in the Vysshaya Liga for BATE at their home stadium (Borisov Arena) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. BATE haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Slavia, 78 days ago.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Shakhtyor in the Vysshaya Liga last time out and are looking for a win here. 2-2 away at Vitebsk before that.

Maksim Skavysh was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Shakhtyor after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

This is expected to be a close game, with BATE perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with BATE as a small favourite), we find five games. BATE has won two of these, drawn two and lost one.

BATE have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Borisov Arena with 8 goals in 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, BATE have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Shakhtyor form and stats

As the visiting team in Vysshaya Liga matches, Shakhtyor, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Vysshaya Liga, have produced an overall stat of 3-2-0 so far. The fact that Shakhtyor have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Shakhtyor have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Aleksandr Gutor. It's been 675 minutes since they last conceded in Vysshaya Liga.

Vitali Lisakovich scored in Shakhtyor's previous match, the home game against Ynergetyk-BDU that ended 1-0. Preceding that game was the away victory against Dinamo Minsk with the score of 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Shakhtyor in our archives, and the results are: one win for Shakhtyor, one draw and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Shakhtyor have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. Shakhtyor are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 0 goals away.

Head 2 Head

BATE and Shakhtyor have met before this season: BATE - Shakhtyor 2-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: BATE won five, Shakhtyor won one and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Nekhajchik

6 goals

V. Lisakovich

6 goals

S. Dragun

5 goals

BATE missing players

Shakhtyor missing players

Competition: Belarus Vysshaya Liga

Competition: Sun 14.June

Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)

Venue: Borisov Arena (13126 seats)

		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	12	8	2	2	25	12	5	4	1	0	8	1	7	4	1	2	17	11	13	26
2	Shakhtyor	12	7	3	2	17	3	7	4	1	2	12	3	5	3	2	0	5	0	14	24
3	Dinamo Brest	13	7	1	5	25	15	7	3	1	3	14	11	6	4	0	2	11	4	10	22
4	Torpedo BelAZ	13	6	4	3	16	12	6	4	1	1	8	4	7	2	3	2	8	8	4	22
5	Ynergetyk-BDU	12	7	1	4	17	14	5	3	1	1	10	6	7	4	0	3	7	8	3	22
6	Neman Grodno	12	6	2	4	19	13	6	4	1	1	13	6	6	2	1	3	6	7	6	20
7	Dinamo Minsk	13	6	1	6	18	12	7	4	0	3	7	4	6	2	1	3	11	8	6	19
8	Isloch	13	6	1	6	14	17	8	5	1	2	12	8	5	1	0	4	2	9	-3	19
9	Slutsk	13	5	3	5	17	20	7	2	3	2	10	9	6	3	0	3	7	11	-3	18
10	Vitebsk	12	3	6	3	13	15	6	2	3	1	7	6	6	1	3	2	6	9	-2	15
11	Gorodeya	13	4	3	6	11	17	6	2	1	3	5	7	7	2	2	3	6	10	-6	15
12	Ruh Brest	12	3	6	3	10	11	5	1	2	2	3	6	7	2	4	1	7	5	-1	15
13	Slavia	13	4	3	6	15	21	6	1	3	2	5	8	7	3	0	4	10	13	-6	15
14	Minsk	11	4	1	6	14	23	5	2	0	3	6	11	6	2	1	3	8	12	-9	13
15	Smolevichy-STI	12	1	4	7	11	19	6	1	1	4	8	12	6	0	3	3	3	7	-8	7
16	Belshina	12	0	3	9	9	27	7	0	2	5	5	16	5	0	1	4	4	11	-18	3

		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	12	8	2	2	25	12	5	4	1	0	8	1	7	4	1	2	17	11	13	26
2	Shakhtyor	12	7	3	2	17	3	7	4	1	2	12	3	5	3	2	0	5	0	14	24
3	Dinamo Brest	13	7	1	5	25	15	7	3	1	3	14	11	6	4	0	2	11	4	10	22
4	Torpedo BelAZ	13	6	4	3	16	12	6	4	1	1	8	4	7	2	3	2	8	8	4	22
5	Ynergetyk-BDU	12	7	1	4	17	14	5	3	1	1	10	6	7	4	0	3	7	8	3	22
6	Neman Grodno	12	6	2	4	19	13	6	4	1	1	13	6	6	2	1	3	6	7	6	20
7	Dinamo Minsk	13	6	1	6	18	12	7	4	0	3	7	4	6	2	1	3	11	8	6	19
8	Isloch	13	6	1	6	14	17	8	5	1	2	12	8	5	1	0	4	2	9	-3	19
9	Slutsk	13	5	3	5	17	20	7	2	3	2	10	9	6	3	0	3	7	11	-3	18
10	Vitebsk	12	3	6	3	13	15	6	2	3	1	7	6	6	1	3	2	6	9	-2	15
11	Gorodeya	13	4	3	6	11	17	6	2	1	3	5	7	7	2	2	3	6	10	-6	15
12	Ruh Brest	12	3	6	3	10	11	5	1	2	2	3	6	7	2	4	1	7	5	-1	15
13	Slavia	13	4	3	6	15	21	6	1	3	2	5	8	7	3	0	4	10	13	-6	15
14	Minsk	11	4	1	6	14	23	5	2	0	3	6	11	6	2	1	3	8	12	-9	13
15	Smolevichy-STI	12	1	4	7	11	19	6	1	1	4	8	12	6	0	3	3	3	7	-8	7
16	Belshina	12	0	3	9	9	27	7	0	2	5	5	16	5	0	1	4	4	11	-18	3

Total First Half Second Half 10% 10% Over 4.5 O 4.5 22% 11% 40% 38% BTTS BTTS 43% 39% 26% 33% Clean Sheets C S 39% 43% 45% 48% Failed to Score F T 30% 30% 6 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.8 5.6 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.3 1.2 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 449 211 Total Shots T S 213 382 145 63 Shots on Target S O 92 164 25% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 36%

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Omiya Ardija	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	1	2	6
2	V-Varen Nagasaki	2	2	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
3	Albirex Niigata	2	1	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	6	3	3	4
4	Fagiano Okayama	2	1	1	0	3	2	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
5	Renofa Yamaguchi	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	4
6	Avispa Fukuoka	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	4
7	Matsumoto Yamaga	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	4
8	Tokushima Vortis	2	1	0	1	6	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	2	3
9	Mito Hollyhock	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	3
10	Kyoto Sanga	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3
11	Ehime	2	1	0	1	5	5	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
12	Jubilo Iwata	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	3
13	JEF United	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
14	Montedio Yamagata	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	-1	3
15	Ventforet Kofu	2	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
16	Machida Zelvia	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2
17	Ryukyu	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1
18	Zweigen Kanazawa	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1
19	Tokyo Verdy	2	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	1
20	Giravanz Kitakyushu	2	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	-2	0
21	Tochigi	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0
22	ThespaKusatsu Gunma	2	0	0	2	1	6	2	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5	0

Last season		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Kashiwa Reysol	42	25	9	8	85	33	21	14	4	3	54	16	21	11	5	5	31	17	52	84
2	Yokohama	42	23	10	9	66	40	21	13	4	4	41	22	21	10	6	5	25	18	26	79
3	Omiya Ardija	42	20	15	7	62	40	21	13	6	2	41	19	21	7	9	5	21	21	22	75
4	Tokushima Vortis	42	21	10	11	67	45	21	12	5	4	36	20	21	9	5	7	31	25	22	73
5	Ventforet Kofu	42	20	11	11	64	40	21	9	6	6	26	18	21	11	5	5	38	22	24	71
6	Montedio Yamagata	42	20	10	12	59	40	21	11	3	7	25	15	21	9	7	5	34	25	19	70
7	Mito Hollyhock	42	19	13	10	56	37	21	11	7	3	34	17	21	8	6	7	22	20	19	70
8	Kyoto Sanga	42	19	11	12	59	56	21	11	7	3	33	18	21	8	4	9	26	38	3	68
9	Fagiano Okayama	42	18	11	13	49	47	21	11	5	5	25	21	21	7	6	8	24	26	2	65
10	Albirex Niigata	42	17	11	14	71	52	21	12	2	7	40	22	21	5	9	7	31	30	19	62
11	Zweigen Kanazawa	42	15	16	11	58	46	21	7	11	3	27	19	21	8	5	8	31	27	12	61
12	V-Varen Nagasaki	42	17	5	20	57	61	21	9	2	10	26	32	21	8	3	10	31	29	-4	56
13	Tokyo Verdy	42	14	13	15	59	59	21	9	7	5	37	28	21	5	6	10	22	31	0	55
14	Ryukyu	42	13	10	19	57	80	21	8	5	8	33	39	21	5	5	11	24	41	-23	49
15	Renofa Yamaguchi	42	13	8	21	54	70	21	8	3	10	32	34	21	5	5	11	22	36	-16	47
16	Avispa Fukuoka	42	12	8	22	39	62	21	5	5	11	18	28	21	7	3	11	21	34	-23	44
17	JEF United	42	10	13	19	46	64	21	6	5	10	26	38	21	4	8	9	20	26	-18	43
18	Machida Zelvia	42	9	16	17	36	59	21	3	11	7	17	29	21	6	5	10	19	30	-23	43
19	Ehime	42	12	6	24	46	62	21	8	3	10	24	23	21	4	3	14	22	39	-16	42
20	Tochigi	42	8	16	18	33	53	21	4	9	8	15	22	21	4	7	10	18	31	-20	40
21	Kagoshima United	42	11	7	24	41	73	21	9	2	10	23	27	21	2	5	14	18	46	-32	40
22	Gifu	42	7	9	26	33	78	21	4	7	10	19	38	21	3	2	16	14	40	-45	30

Table

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Omiya Ardija	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	1	2	6
2	V-Varen Nagasaki	2	2	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
3	Albirex Niigata	2	1	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	6	3	3	4
4	Fagiano Okayama	2	1	1	0	3	2	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
5	Renofa Yamaguchi	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	4
6	Avispa Fukuoka	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	4
7	Matsumoto Yamaga	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	4
8	Tokushima Vortis	2	1	0	1	6	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	2	3
9	Mito Hollyhock	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	3
10	Kyoto Sanga	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3
11	Ehime	2	1	0	1	5	5	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
12	Jubilo Iwata	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	3
13	JEF United	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
14	Montedio Yamagata	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	-1	3
15	Ventforet Kofu	2	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
16	Machida Zelvia	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2
17	Ryukyu	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1
18	Zweigen Kanazawa	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1
19	Tokyo Verdy	2	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	1
20	Giravanz Kitakyushu	2	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	-2	0
21	Tochigi	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0
22	ThespaKusatsu Gunma	2	0	0	2	1	6	2	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5	0

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