Match Report
4 points and 2 places separated them: BATE 14th with 18, Naftan 16th with 14. Naftan had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Per game in the league, BATE were scoring 0.73 and conceding 1.23, Naftan 0.87 and 2.35, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
Naftan entered with five losses in a row. The five-game form split read 7/15 points for BATE against 0/15 for Naftan.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — BATE 5, draws 4, Naftan 0, at 3.89 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 22% of meetings won. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more.
The match was played at Borisov Arena (capacity 17,600). BATE led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
BATE: Nikita Neskoromnyi (13'), Erick Puerto (38') · Naftan: Marlen Aimanov (59'), Andrey Stefanishin (65')
Key stats
Possession: BATE 54% · Naftan 46% · Total shots: 8-10 · On target: 4-5 · Corners: 8-4