Match Report
BATE went into the game 2nd in the table on 9 points; Chelsea sat 1st on 16 — a 7-point gap. On recent form BATE sat only 28th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, BATE were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1.5, Chelsea 2 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
BATE entered with three losses in a row. Chelsea entered with four wins in a row, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 6/15 points for BATE, 13/15 for Chelsea.
The match was played at Borisov Arena in Borisov (capacity 13,126). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.