National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Akhmat Grozny or Krylya Sovetov 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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Krylya Sovetov, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
Akhmat Grozny participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.The story so far in the Premier League for Akhmat Grozny at their home stadium (Akhmat Arena) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. This match is a Russian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition. Two home wins in a row for Akhmat bring valid hopes of a third.
Prior to that, an away loss at Ufa in the Premier League.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Akhmat have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost five.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Akhmat as they are travelling to their away game against Ural in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
Akhmat has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Akhmat are not conceding a lot of goals here at Akhmat Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.
Krylya Sovetov form and stats
Sovetov was sent out of Russian Cup in the 16th finals last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their FNL travels is 10 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Total Russian Cup statistics for Krylya Sovetov: 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. In general it has been a productive period now for Sovetov as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games. Sovetov has been amazing away for a time now, winning five in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Orenburg.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Krylya Sovetov goalkeeper Bogdan Ovsyannikov is eager to challenge this, with his 495 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Preceding that game was the away FNL victory against Volgar Astrakhan with the score of 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Krylya Sovetov in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Krylya Sovetov, zero draws and three defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Sovetov now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A FNL game at Shinnik is waiting in only three days.
Krylya Sovetov are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 17 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Akhmat won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Krylya Sovetov has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
![]() A. Zinkovskiy 12 goals | ![]() E. Golenkov 12 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Krylya Sovetov missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Krylya Sovetov | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 25 | Scored | S | 24 | 62 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 59% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 6.1 | ||
| 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 35 | 54 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 47 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 46 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 46 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 43 |
| 6 | Rubin Kazan | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 43 |
| 7 | Sochi | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 40 |
| 8 | Khimki | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 38 |
| 9 | Rostov | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 37 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 34 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 32 |
| 12 | Ural | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 28 | -22 | 20 |
| 14 | Rotor Volgograd | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -28 | 18 |
| 15 | Ufa | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -23 | 17 |
| 16 | Tambov | 25 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 27 | -31 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Krylya Sovetov | 35 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 77 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 56 | 82 |
| 2 | Olimpiyets | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 33 | 78 |
| 3 | Orenburg | 36 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 63 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 35 | 76 |
| 4 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 66 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 32 | 66 |
| 5 | Torpedo Moskva | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 27 | 64 |
| 6 | Baltika | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 61 |
| 7 | Veles | 37 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 59 |
| 8 | Neftekhimik | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 57 |
| 9 | Fakel | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 46 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 53 |
| 10 | Yenisey | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -4 | 53 |
| 11 | Volgar Astrakhan | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 51 |
| 12 | SKA Khabarovsk | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 50 |
| 13 | Chayka | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 20 | -7 | 46 |
| 14 | Tekstilshchik | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 23 | -14 | 43 |
| 15 | Krasnodar II | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 55 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 32 | -13 | 41 |
| 16 | Spartak Moskva II | 35 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 57 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 32 | -19 | 40 |
| 17 | Akron | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | -16 | 38 |
| 18 | Irtysh | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 23 | -19 | 35 |
| 19 | Tom' Tomsk | 37 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 21 | -20 | 33 |
| 20 | Dinamo Bryansk | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 30 | -39 | 26 |
| 21 | Chertanovo | 36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 64 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 38 | -37 | 25 |
| 22 | Shinnik | 36 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 33 | 81 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 46 | -48 | 19 |