BATE footballers secured a major victory over Vitebsk in the Belarusian Championship match

August 30, Minsk / Igor Khadasevich - BELTA /. The leader of the Belarusian football championship, BATE Borisov, achieved a major victory in the next round, reports BELTA correspondent. Playing away against Vitebsk, Viktor Goncharenko's team left the hosts no chance of success, winning 6-1 (Bressan, 36, Kontsevoy, 39, 56, penalty, Skavysh, 50, 90+5, Olekhnovich, 90; Slesarchuk, 81). This is the 15th victory for the Borisov team in the current championship matches. Second-placed Minsk footballers won the capital derby against Partizan 3-1 (Osipenko, 56, 70, Rybak, 83; Ledesma, 75). Soligorsk Shakhtyor remains in third place, having drawn at home with Dinamo Brest 1-1 (Kirenkin, 84; Yanush, 42). Results of other matches of the 23rd round: Naftan (Novopolotsk) - Neman (Grodno) - 2-1 (Politevich, 57, 90+3; Lebedev, 71); Belshina (Bobruisk) - Torpedo (Zhodino) - 1-1 (Branfilov, 63; Brusnikin, 52); Dinamo (Minsk) - Dnepr (Mogilev) - 2-1 (Chukhley, 12, Kislyak, 70, penalty; Tereshchenko, 73). League standings: BATE - 51, Minsk - 48, Shakhtyor - 42, Dinamo (Minsk) - 40, Belshina - 36, Naftan - 30, Dinamo (Brest) - 29, Dnepr - 28, Vitebsk - 22, Torpedo - 17, Neman - 15, Partizan - 14. BATE and Dinamo Minsk have played 22 matches each, while the other teams have played 23. In the top scorers' race, Andrey Razin (Minsk) and Renan Bressan (BATE) are leading, having scored 10 goals each. Matches of the 24th round will take place on September 11 and 12. -0-