Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Chernomorets & Rubin Kazan' face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only three days ago. That game, against Dinamo Moskva, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Rubin Kazan'.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rubin Kazan', who are travelling more than 1900 kilometers to play this game.
Chernomorets form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.Chernomorets has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Biolog.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of E. Sarkisov when A. Bartsov scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 56th minute.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Chernomorets as they have a new game in only three days, a Pfl match thankfully also at home. Spartak Nal'chik are visiting.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
Rubin Kazan' was sent out of Russian Cup in the 16th finals last season.It's gone fairly well in the Premier League away games so far for Rubin Kazan' with six points collected from three matches. Momentum is building for Kazan' in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Two travels in a row for Kazan', whose manager L. Slutskiy could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Dinamo Moskva. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Tambov in the Premier League.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Spartak Moskva in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Rubin Kazan''s attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. Rubin Kazan' have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Makarov 4 goals | Đ. Despotović 3 goals |  A. Bartsov 2 goals |
Chernomorets missing players
Rubin Kazan' missing players
| Chernomorets | Rubin Kazan' | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 154 | 94 | Total Shots | T S | 122 | 284 | ||
| 70 | 37 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 107 | ||
| 31% | 24% | 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 | Zenit | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Sochi | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Rubin Kazan' | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Rostov | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Ural | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Krasnodar | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | Tambov | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 14 | Ufa | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 15 | Khimki | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 2 |