Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Astrakhan & Rotor Volgograd face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Astrakhan form and stats
Last season, Astrakhan's Russian Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Astrakhan's last game was hosting Spartak Nal'chik and winning 1-0.
Before that match, a Pfl win away at Pobeda.Rotor Volgograd form and stats
Rotor Volgograd's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the regions path - 4th round.Rotor Volgograd play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Volga Ulyanovsk.
A 1-2 loss hosting Krasnodar II before that.It's a day of discovery for Rotor Volgograd as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Rotor Volgograd have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Rotor Volgograd has scored {3 goals} and conceded 0 times.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Astrakhan victories, zero draws and one Rotor Volgograd win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Bersnev 4 goals |   S. Zuykov 2 goals | A. Pustozerov 1 goals |
Astrakhan missing players
Rotor Volgograd missing players
| Astrakhan | Rotor Volgograd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Scored | S | 20 | 34 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||
| 140% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 233% | 186% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||
