National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Akademiya Tambov or Dinamo Bryansk that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Akademiya Tambov form and stats
Akademiya have reached this Russian Cup stage through battling and winning against Atom Novovoronezh. Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the regions path - 3rd round.Akademiya Tambov's last game was hosting Sakhalin and winning 1-0.
2-2 away at Kvant before that.The manager Ryzhikov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Peresvet Podolsk in only four days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Akademiya Tambov, who have participated in two training matches. Akademiya Tambov have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.
Dinamo Bryansk form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the regions path - 5th round.Bryansk won their last game, 1-0 versus Murom played at home.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Chayka.The schedule is very tough for Dinamo Bryansk now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Second League A game at Rotor Volgograd is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Akademiya Tambov wins - draws - Dinamo Bryansk wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Skrypnikov 2 goals | M. Belov 2 goals | V. Pobedimov 1 goals |
Akademiya Tambov missing players
Dinamo Bryansk missing players
| Akademiya Tambov | Dinamo Bryansk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.8 | 0.3 | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
