At the National Football Stadium, Viktor Gancharenko’s side will host the Burkina Faso national team (kickoff at 19:30; live broadcast on the Sport TV channel). Today’s match will be officiated by a team of Russian referees led by Rafael Shafeev. His assistants will be Alexey Lunev and Dmitry Safyan, with Belarusian referee Anton Lashuk serving as the fourth official.

Last week, the Belarusian players confidently defeated Syria 4:1 on home turf. Vladislav Morozov, Artyom Kontsevoy, Yevgeny Yablonski, and Artyom Shumansky scored for the hosts. Before arriving in Minsk, Burkina Faso suffered a heavy 0:3 defeat to Russia in Volgograd. Belarus currently ranks 97th in the FIFA standings, while their opponent sits in 62nd place. Prior to these home friendlies, Belarus successfully played two away matches: first beating Cyprus 1:0 in Nicosia (goal by Ivan Tikhomirov), then defeating Armenia 2:1 in Yerevan (Yevgeny Yablonski, German Barkovsky).

This autumn, the Belarusian team will compete in the new season of the UEFA Nations League. In Group C1, their opponents will be Finland, San Marino, and Albania. Last week, Finland lost 1:2 to Hungary in Budapest, while San Marino were defeated at home by Bangladesh by the same score. In Tirana, Albania suffered two identical 0:1 losses to Luxembourg and Israel.