National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sochi or CSKA Moskva that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams have little in common geographically as CSKA Moskva have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sochi have less rest than CSKA Moskva in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lokomotiv Moskva, was also a home game here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht. The away team is better rested.
Sochi form and stats
Sochi participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the premier league path - group stage.The story so far in the Premier League for Sochi at their home stadium (Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
The Sochi crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Lokomotiv Moskva here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht. Zabolotnyi had a busy but productive day in the Lokomotiv Moskva match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.
Before that, Sochi had a Premier League home game versus Rostov which ended with a victory 4-0.There will be little rest for Sochi after this match as they are travelling to Orenburg for a Premier League game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Sochi in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Sochi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
CSKA Moskva's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the premier league path - final against Ural.The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
CSKA Moskva has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Orenburg for a 1-1 draw. Defender Moisés was the best team player with a rating of 7.41. Moisés scored one goal and won 2 of 7 duels.
A 1-2 defeat away at Dinamo Moskva before that.After this away game Moskva return home for a Premier League game against Zenit. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy CSKA Moskva's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. As for defending, CSKA Moskva rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former ten meetings involving these two participants are: four wins for Sochi, zero draws and six wins for CSKA Moskva. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Chalov 4 goals |   M. Kramarič 3 goals |  A. Zabolotnyi 3 goals |
Sochi missing players
CSKA Moskva missing players
| Sochi | CSKA Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 34 | 26 | Scored | S | 26 | 52 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 19 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 39% | ||
| 11.1 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Orenburg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 6 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Sochi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Fakel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 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 | 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 |
