Perhaps a welcome break from league football as SKA Khabarovsk & Fakel face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Khabarovsk and Fakel.
SKA Khabarovsk form and stats
SKA Khabarovsk participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.As mentioned below, SKA Khabarovsk are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 FNL games. The SKA Khabarovsk fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. SKA Khabarovsk has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
The SKA Khabarovsk goalkeeper Igor Obukhov is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 236 minutes without conceding a goal in the FNL.
Khabarovsk's last game was hosting Fakel and winning 1-0. Before that, Khabarovsk had a FNL home game versus Volgar Astrakhan which ended with a victory 1-0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Shinnik are coming to town in four days.
SKA Khabarovsk has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Fakel form and stats
Fakel was sent out of Russian Cup in the 16th finals last season.Still no away game victory in the FNL for Fakel with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Two away games in a row for Fakel, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus SKA Khabarovsk in the FNL. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Veles.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fakel as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Fakel have conceded 5 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Khabarovsk won six, Fakel won zero and zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Barkov 2 goals |  R. Akbashev 2 goals | R. Gadzhimuradov 1 goals |
SKA Khabarovsk missing players
Fakel missing players
| SKA Khabarovsk | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 10 | 16 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 27 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 81% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 44% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 52% | ||
| 4.9 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 99 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 138 | 217 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 73 | ||
| 39% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 19% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartak Moskva II | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Baltika | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Veles | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Neftekhimik | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Yenisey | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bryansk | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | SKA Khabarovsk | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Krylya Sovetov | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Tekstilshchik | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Olimpiyets | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Akron | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Torpedo Moskva | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | Chertanovo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Chayka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Fakel | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Shinnik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Krasnodar II | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 20 | Volgar Astrakhan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 21 | Tom' Tomsk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| 22 | Irtysh | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -9 | 1 |