It's the biggest game of the Belarusian Premier League 2020 season so far on Sunday evening as table topper's BATE Borisov entertain second placed Shakhtyor Soligorsk at the Borisov Arena. Here is a match preview of the eagerly anticipated game. As you can see from the below information they have consistently been the best performing clubs in Belarus over the past two decades - Since 2010 they both haven't finished outside of the top three in the table. Only Gomel (2003), Dynamo Minsk (04) and Dynamo Brest (19) have been champions since 2002 aside from BATE and Shakhtyor.
| SEASON | BATE LEAGUE | SHAK LEAGUE | BATE CUP | SHAK CUP |
| 02 | 1st | 3rd | RUNNERS UP | SF |
| 03 | 2nd | 3rd | QF | LAST 16 |
| 04 | 2nd | 5th | SF | WINNERS |
| 05 | 5th | 1st | RUNNERS UP | LAST 16 |
| 06 | 1st | 3rd | WINNERS | RUNNERS UP |
| 07 | 1st | 3rd | RUNNERS UP | QF |
| 08 | 1st | 4th | SF | RUNNERS UP |
| 09 | 1st | 6th | SF | RUNNERS UP |
| 10 | 1st | 2nd | WINNERS | SF |
| 11 | 1st | 2nd | Last 16 | SF |
| 12 | 1st | 2nd | Last 16 | LAST 16 |
| 13 | 1st | 2nd | Last 16 | QF |
| 14 | 1st | 3rd | QF | WINNERS |
| 15 | 1st | 3rd | WINNERS | RUNNERS UP |
| 16 | 1st | 2nd | RUNNERS UP | QF |
| 17 | 1st | 3rd | SF | RUNNERS UP |
| 18 | 1st | 2nd | QF | WINNERS |
| 19 | 2nd | 3rd | WINNERS | SF |
LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMES STATISTICS
BATE BORISOV LAST SIX GAMES
SHAKHTYOR SOLIGORSK
KEY
Green denotes goals scored.
Red denotes total goals in game.
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | CS | OVER 2.5 |
| BATE | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 15 | 2 | 5/6 |
| SHAKHTYOR | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 18 | 6 | 2/6 |
BATE have scored seventeen goals in total.
They have let in seven.
Five out of six of their games have resulted in over 2.5 goals scored.
They have had two clean sheets.
They have failed to score in no games.
In home games (3) they have scored seven and let in one.
In away games (3) they have scored ten and let in six.
They have won five and drawn one game.
At home they have won three from three.
Away they have won two and drawn one.
Shakhtyor have scored twelve goals in total.
They have let in none.
Two out of six of their games have resulted in over 2.5 goals scored.
They have had six clean sheets.
They have failed to score in one game.
In home games (4) they have scored nine and let in none.
In away games (2) they have scored one and let in none.
They have won five and drawn one game.
At home they have won four from four.
Away from home they have won one and drawn one.
THE MANAGERS
Yury Vernydub has been in charge of Shakhtyor since November 2019 - Prior to this he was boss of Ukrainian club Zorya Luhansk from 2011 to 2019.
Kirill Alshevsky is only 38 years of age but already has nearly 20 years of managerial experience under his belt. He started as Assistant Manager with RUOR Minsk in 2002 and has had numerous spells with the youth and reserve sides of BATE. In 2009 he was the manager of Dynamo Minsk in the Premier League when he was only 27 years of age. He replaced Alyaksey Baha in December 2019 as full time manager of BATE.
THE PLAYERS
BATE
Stanislav Dragun has been the stand out player for BATE this season. The 32 year old midfielder has scored 5 goals in 11 league games so far. He has 66 caps for the Belarusian International Side.
Serbian striker Namanja Milic is the super sub for BATE scoring 5 goals in four starts and six sub appearances in the league.
Defender Zakhar Volkov, 22, has been impressive for BATE this season. He only has one International cap for Belarus but more will follow I'm sure.
SHAKHTYOR SOLIGORSK
Goalkeeper Aleksandr Gutor won the Premier League title as a Dynamo Brest player. He was a BATE player from 2008 to 2012 when he won five Premier League titles. The 31 year old has ten clean sheets in twelve league games so far.
Midfielder Dmitri Podstrelov, 21, joined from Dynapro where he played last season. He has made 5 starts and 7 subsitute appearances and scored 4 goals. He made his International debut for Belarus against Uzbekistan in February and then scored the only goal in the 0-1 win over Bulgaria. A player with a big future.
Striker Vitali Lisakovich rejoined Shakhtyor for the 2020 season after spending time on loan with Croatian clubs Rudes and Varazdin. He has scored 6 goals in 7 starts and 5 sub appearances so far. The 22 year old is another to make his full International debut recently and is another with a big future ahead of him in the game.
LAST MEETINGS
Sunday 30th April 2017
BATE 1 Shakhtyor 0 (5,323)
(H - Vitali Rodionov 52')
(One yellow card)
Sunday 27th April 2017
Shakhtyor 0 BATE 4 (3,800)
(A - Aleksy Rios 20', Vitali Rodionov 33' 51', Mikhail Gordeychuk 86')
(Three yellow cards)
Sunday 24th June 2018
BATE 0 Shakhtyor 0 (7,581)
(Five yellow cards)
Wednesday 21st November 2018
Shakhtyor 3 BATE 0 (1,500)
(H - Denis Laptev 6' 81', Elis Bakaj 85')
(Six yellow cards)
Sunday 16th June 2019
BATE 3 Shakhtyor 1 (7,725)
(H - Stanislav Dragun 60' 70', Maksim Skavysh 76'. A - Nikola Antic 66')
(Four yellow cards and One Red Card)
Sunday 27th November 2019
Shakhtyor 2 BATE 2 (3,654)
(H - Denis Bodul 51', Nikolay Yanush 70')
(A - Igor Stasevich 37', Namanja Milic 62')
(Five yellow cards)
FULL LEAGUE PLAYING RECORD
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | CS | OVER 2.5 |
| BATE | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 26 | 6 | 8/12 |
| SHAKHTYOR | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 24 | 10 | 3/12 |
SOME RANDOM FACTS
Stanslav Dragun has scored first in four of BATE's games this season.
Vitali Lisakovich has scored first in five of Shakhtyor's games this season.
Bojan Nastic has the most bookings for BATE this season (3).
Ruslan Khadarkevich and Sergey Politevich have the most bookings for Shakhtyor (4).
In five league home games played so far this season BATE have four clean sheets.
In five league away games played so far this season Shakhtyor have had five clean sheets.
47.1% of Shakhtyor's goals scored (8) have come in the 75th minute or later of their games. Five of their goals have been scored in the first half which equates to 29.41%.
In BATE's games there has been an average of 3.08 goals per game compared to Shakhtyor's figure of 1.67.
BATE's last home defeat came at the end of the 2019 season when Isloch won 2-4 on game week 27 (Sunday 3rd November) with Godfrey Stephen, Momo Yansane and Aleksandr Makas (2) getting the goals.
BATE Borisov are 4/9 favorites to win the title and are closely followed by Shakhtyor at 11/4. Those odds could change somewhat following the result of the game on Sunday evening. BATE are 11/10 to win the game with the visitors at 2/1 - the draw is rated at 9/4. (odds via Paddy Power at time of writing)
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