National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Chelyabinsk or Irtysh that keep their silverware dream alive.
This pitch uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Irtysh's home stadium. The previous ten games by the away team on artifical turf have produced 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.
These teams have little in common geographically as Irtysh have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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 Chelyabinsk and Irtysh.
Chelyabinsk form and stats
Last season, Chelyabinsk's Russian Cup journey ended in the regions path - 3rd round.Chelyabinsk faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rodina Moskva II (0-1).
Ahead of that match, Chelyabinsk won a home game hosting Avangard Kursk (3-2).Irtysh form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the regions path - 3rd round.Irtysh has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Veles for a 0-0 draw.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Ufa's place.Just as the home team, Irtysh have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Irtysh wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Chelyabinsk have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (2-3-0) when playing Irtysh.The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Razborov 2 goals |  V. Uljanovskiy 1 goals | R. Vazitdinov 1 goals |
Chelyabinsk missing players
Irtysh missing players
| Chelyabinsk | Irtysh | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.9 | 0.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
