Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Baltika & Zenit face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Zenit, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Baltika form and stats
Last season, Baltika's Russian Cup journey ended in the regions path - 4th round.Only two Premier League home games for Baltika so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Baltika lost their last game at Krylya Sovetov after a 1-2 scoreline. The defeat against Krylya Sovetov was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Zotov). Defender Fernández got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.05/10. Fernández won 4 of 8 duels.
Ahead of that match, Baltika lost 0-1 at home to Ural.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Baltika as they are travelling to their away game against Lokomotiv Moskva in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
At Rostov Arena, Baltika has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Zenit form and stats
Zenit's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the regions path - quarter-finals - 2nd round.The seven points Zenit have gathered from their first three away trips in the Premier League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Zenit are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the fixture against Ural. As you can tell from the results above, Zenit was very dominant against Ural, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Sergeev, Cassierra (2) and Claudinho providing the goals. Claudinho got a match rating of 9.11 in that game, top player of the team. Claudinho scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 74 successful passes (of 79 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Spartak Moskva.Zenit have another fixture that requires travelling in just four days, a Premier League match vs CSKA Moskva. A demanding timetable for the visitors!
Zenit are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Cassierra Cabezas 6 goals |  I. Sergeev 3 goals |   T. Musaev 2 goals |
Baltika missing players
Zenit missing players
| Baltika | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Scored | S | 20 | 45 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5.4 | 3.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 12 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 63% | 108% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 41% | ||
| 5.2 | 2.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 0.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Baltika | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Zenit | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Akhmat Grozny | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Krasnodar | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Zenit | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Ural | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Krylya Sovetov | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | CSKA Moskva | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Rostov | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Sochi | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Fakel | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | Baltika | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | Orenburg | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 2 |
