Bate Borisov is face to face with Rukh Brest in Belarus Vysshaya Liga’s Saturday clash. The two sides have never met before, as for Rukh Brest this is the first campaign in the topflight of Belarusian football.
The record 15 time champions of Belarus BATE will be looking for their first victory for the recent campaign when they take on Rukh Brest on Saturday in another match of round 3 in the Belarusian league.
After finishing in the second position in the last term, many are expecting that BATE Borisov will be able to claim the title back in this season.
BATE Borisov will be pleased to return home where they have won 22 of their last 25 matches in the Belarusian Premier League.
Ruh Brest are integrating many new players into their squad. Manager Aleksandr Sednev replaced the absent centre back Artem Rakhmanov with Vitali Gajduchik against Energetik-BGU in the only change to his starting side.
- BATE won 12 of their 15 Belarus Premier League home games last season, keeping a clean sheet 53% of the time.
- At least three goals were scored in nine of BATE’s last 11 home league games.
- BATE scored exactly three goals in four of their last 11 home league games.
BATE Borisov have seen over 2.5 goals in their last eight competitive matches in all competitions and in nine of their last 11 home matches in the Belarusian Premier League.
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