PARIMATCH BELARUSIAN CUP THIRD ROUND GAMES THIS WEEKEND

RED denotes Second League Sides 
BLUE denotes First League Sides 
BOLD denotes Premier League Sides 

The Belarusian Cup third round games take place this weekend. You will notice that all the Premier League sides are away from home - In the competition up until the third round all the higher rated teams are always away from home with two leg ties from the fourth round onwards. Could there be some surprise results? I think Smolevichy who are struggling at the bottom of the Premier League may have a tough game at First League Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and the reformed DNEPR Mogilev have a number of former Premier League players in their squad so could give Isloch a fright - They have won all thirteen of their league games so far scoring seventy-two goals and let in just seven. 

Sputnik are top of the first league and they host Belshina who are still in the bottom two of the table but have won their last three games against Smolevichi, Slutsk and Dynamo Brest. Slutsk may also have a tough game at Lokomotiv Gomel.

The weekend finishes with the eagerly awaited Minsk derby between First League side Krumkachy and Premier League side Dynamo Minsk. 

Above all it's the magic of the cup so who knows what will happen. Kick off times are for the UK. I'm not sure at present if the games will be played behind closed doors or in front of supporters. 

Friday 28th August

ARSENAL DZERZHINSK v SMOLEVICHY-STI - 2pm 

ORSHA V ENERGETYK-BGU - 4pm 

DNEPR MOGILEV v ISLOCH - 6pm 

Saturday 29th August 

NAFTAN NOVOPOLOTSK v GORODEYA - 1pm 

FC KHIMIK SVETLOGORSK  V RUKH BREST - 1.30pm 

BARANOVICHI v VITEBSK - 2pm
LOKOMOTIV GOMEL v SLUTSK - 2.30pm 

FC GRANIT MIKASHEVICHI v BATE BORISOV - 3pm 
VOLNA PINSK v SLAVIA MOZYR - 3.30pm 

Sunday 30th August 

SPUTNIK RECHITSA v BELSHINA BOBRUISK - 1pm 

OSHMYANY v TORPEDO BELAZ ZHODINO - 2pm 

SLONIM-2017 v NEMAN GRODNO - 2.30pm 

MELIORATOR ZHITOVICHI v DYNAMO BREST - 3pm

GOMEL v SHAKHTYOR SOLIGORSK - 4pm 

Monday 1st September 

KRUMKACHY MINSK v DYNAMO MINSK - 3pm 

The Premier League game between FC Minsk and Neman Grodno, postponed from earlier in the season, is due to be played on Saturday afternoon so their cup games at Ostrovets and Slonim are due to be played on a later date.

To be confirmed

OSTROVETS v FC MINSK

SLONIM-2017 v NEMAN GRODNO

COULD DNEPR MOGILEV OR ARSENAL SPRING A SURPRISE RESULT IN THE BELARUSIAN CUP THIS WEEKEND?