Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Baltika & Krylya Sovetov face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Baltika and Krylya Sovetov.
Baltika form and stats
Baltika participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the regions path - 4th round.When playing at home in the Premier League, Baltika have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.
Baltika drew their last game, also a home match. Rostov was the opponent, 2-2 the score. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Rostov as Bistrović's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Bistrović was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Rostov after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Bistrović got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Bistrović scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Lokomotiv Moskva.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Akhmat Grozny in only four days. This game is also played here at Rostov Arena.
Baltika are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Baltika have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Krylya Sovetov form and stats
Sovetov was sent out of Russian Cup in the regions path - semi-finals - 2nd round last season.The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to CSKA Moskva in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. It looked so good for Krylya Sovetov vs CSKA Moskva, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Rahmanović got a match rating of 7.74 in that game, top player of the team. Rahmanović served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Fakel in the Premier League.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sochi in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Krylya Sovetov's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Sovetov's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head game ended Krylya Sovetov - Baltika 2-3, played this season. Head to head data (for the former six meetings): Baltika won two games, one match ended with a draw and Krylya Sovetov got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Garré 3 goals |  N. Saltykov 3 goals |   T. Musaev 2 goals |
Baltika missing players
Krylya Sovetov missing players
| Baltika | Krylya Sovetov | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Scored | S | 17 | 40 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6.6 | 5.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 53% | 76% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 44% | ||
| 6.4 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Baltika | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Zenit | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Akhmat Grozny | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Krylya Sovetov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 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 |
