National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Baltika or Khimki that keep their silverware dream alive.
There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a FNL match only four days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Veles, was also a home game here at Stadion Baltika. The away team is better rested.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Khimki, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
Baltika form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Baltika are confident in defense, having played 193 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Baltika's last game was hosting Veles and winning 1-0.
Before that match, a FNL win away at Metallurg Lipetsk.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tom' Tomsk are coming to town in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Baltika here at Stadion Baltika in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). From these home matches, Baltika have conceded only 7 goals.
Khimki form and stats
Khimki's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Khimki so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Khimki play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Dinamo Moskva. Bryan Idowu got a match rating of 7.02 in that game, top player of the team. Idowu hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 61 successful passes (of 72 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Akhmat Grozny in the Premier League.A new game in only four days for Khimki, the Premier League home match versus Ural. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Khimki have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Baltika victories, three draws and three Khimki wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kazaev 6 goals |   D. Glushakov 6 goals | V. Lazarev 3 goals |
Baltika missing players
Khimki missing players
| Baltika | Khimki | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 10 | 22 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 27 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 7.1 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.5 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 25% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 23% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moskva | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Neftekhimik | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Fakel | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | SKA Khabarovsk | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Akron | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Baltika | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | KAMAZ | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Veles | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Spartak Moskva II | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 12 | Tom' Tomsk | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Dolgie Prudy | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 15 | Yenisey | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Krasnodar II | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 17 | Urozhay | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Tekstilshchik | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 28 | -28 | 15 |
| 20 | Volgar Astrakhan | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 12 |
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | Sochi | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Rostov | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Akhmat Grozny | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Ufa | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Ural | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 9 |