Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Biolog & Tuapse face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Biolog form and stats
Last season, Biolog's Russian Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Biolog's last game was hosting Krasnodar 3 and winning 5-1. As mentioned above, Biolog "killed" Krasnodar 3 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Krasnodar 3.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Biolog friendly games in pre-season: Biolog played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Biolog scored 2 goals and conceded 1 in these one game.
Tuapse form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 16 away games in a row.
There might be some fixture complaints from Tuapse as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Pfl match against Urozhay (1-7). Tuapse lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-7 beating and focus on this one.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Makhachkala.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Tuapse have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Biolog won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Tuapse has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zeroTop Goalscorers
  D. Lesnikov 14 goals | M. Malysh 6 goals | A. Stepanovich 6 goals |
Biolog missing players
Tuapse missing players
| Biolog | Tuapse | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 15 | 19 | ||
| 56 | 30 | Scored | S | 18 | 30 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Conceded | C | 59 | 82 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 81% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 7.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | ||