Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Chita & Zenit Irkutsk face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Zenit Irkutsk play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Zenit Irkutsk when playing on grass are 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from eight matches. They have scored 9 goals and conceded 15 times in these games.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Zenit Irkutsk, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
Chita form and stats
Chita was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Russian Cup.No payout for Chita in their previous match, an away game at Tver that ended in defeat 2-4.
A goal frenzy last time out for Chita, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Tver. Fun stuff to watch!
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Znamya Truda are coming to town in four days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Chita, who have participated in one training match. Chita have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Zenit Irkutsk form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.It might be tough going out on the road again for Irkutsk, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Dolgie Prudy. Ahead of that match was the Pfl away draw versus Tver that ended 1-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kolomna in just four days.
It's a day of discovery for Zenit Irkutsk as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Zenit Irkutsk have played two with the results W0-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Zenit Irkutsk has scored 3 goals and conceded 4 times.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Chita, one draw and four wins for Zenit Irkutsk. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Shanin 1 goals | M. Galiev 1 goals |  M. Yakovlev 1 goals |
Chita missing players
Zenit Irkutsk missing players
| Chita | Zenit Irkutsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 24 | 16 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 6.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 6 | ||
| 157 | 105 | Total Shots | T S | 75 | 170 | ||
| 51 | 38 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 59 | ||
| 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 24% | ||