National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ural or Lokomotiv Moskva that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams have little in common geographically as Lokomotiv Moskva have to travel 1700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Ural form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the regions path - final - 2nd round.When playing at home in the Premier League, Ural have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Ural haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 311 minutes ago. Kashtanov scored that one.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Ural, who played 0-0 against Fakel. That match was also played at this venue (Ekaterinburg Arena). Defender Kulakov got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. Kulakov hit two key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.
Ahead of that match, Ural lost 0-1 at home to Akhmat Grozny.Ural are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Krasnodar awaits in four days.
From these home matches, Ural have conceded only 4 goals.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the regions path - quarter-finals - 2nd round.2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Lokomotiv Moskva playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Lokomotiv's previous game was their home loss versus Orenburg (0-2). Midfielder Glushenkov was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Glushenkov hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Baltika in the Premier League.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Zenit.
Lokomotiv Moskva has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. Lokomotiv have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other before in this season, with the match result Lokomotiv Moskva - Ural 2-1 logged in the official records. Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Ural won two, Lokomotiv Moskva triumphed in five and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Tiknizyan 3 goals |  A. Egorychev 2 goals |  D. Miškić 2 goals |
Ural missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Ural | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 55 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 4.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 58% | ||
| 9 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Rostov | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Ural | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Rubin Kazan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -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 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Zenit | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Ural | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Orenburg | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Rostov | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Sochi | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Rubin Kazan | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
| 15 | Fakel | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Baltika | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 4 |
