Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dinamo Barnaul & Olimpiyets face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Olimpiyets played their last game only three days ago, a Premier League match.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Dinamo Barnaul form and stats
Barnaul was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Russian Cup.On the other hand, in the Russian Cup, Dinamo Barnaul has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The Barnaul supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Spartak Tuymazy in Pfl and win 3-0.
Before that, Dinamo Barnaul drew at home versus Torpedo Miass.Olimpiyets form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.2-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Olimpiyets in their Premier League matches away.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Arsenal Tula with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Late heartbreak for Olimpiyets in the Arsenal Tula match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime. Midfielder Nikolay Kalinskiy was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.13. Kalinskiy scored one goal, hit five key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).
Prior to that result Olimpiyets won their away game at Dinamo Moskva in the Premier League. The scoreline was 2-1.As mentioned earlier, Olimpiyets will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in one win (one by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and zero surprising defeats.
Olimpiyets are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. Olimpiyets have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Zavyalov 3 goals |   A. Kozlov 3 goals | I. Zhitnikov 2 goals |
Dinamo Barnaul missing players
Olimpiyets missing players
| Dinamo Barnaul | Olimpiyets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 85% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 41% | ||
| 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 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Sochi | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Rubin Kazan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Olimpiyets | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 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 | Arsenal Tula | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Rostov | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 15 | Khimki | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Ural | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 2 |