National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Chayka or Rostov that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Rostov played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match. That game was also an away game, at Krylya Sovetov. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Rostov have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Chayka form and stats
Chayka was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Russian Cup.2W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Russian Cup for Chayka. Chayka are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Chayka faced defeat in their previous match, away at Spartak Nal'chik (0-1).
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Mashuk-KMV.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pfl game versus Anzhi in only four days. This game is also played here at Rostov Arena.
Rostov form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Rostov are travelling again after losing away to Krylya Sovetov in their previous match (2-4). As you can tell from the result, the match against Krylya Sovetov was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfielder Daniil Glebov was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.12. Glebov scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Krasnodar in the Premier League.A new game in only four days for Rostov, the Premier League home match versus Akhmat Grozny. Busy days.
Rostov are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. Rostov have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Oleynikov 4 goals | P. Volodkin 4 goals |  N. Komlichenko 3 goals |
Chayka missing players
Rostov missing players
| Chayka | Rostov | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 30 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 3 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 38% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Sochi | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Rubin Kazan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Olimpiyets | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | CSKA Moskva | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Ufa | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Rostov | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 14 | Khimki | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 15 | Arsenal Tula | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 16 | Ural | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 2 |