Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dinamo Bryansk & Kaluga face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Dinamo Bryansk nor Kaluga as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Dinamo Bryansk form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Russian Cup for Dinamo Bryansk, as the manager Fomichev led his troops to eliminate Akademiya Tambov, and reach the Regions Path - 3rd Round. Dinamo Bryansk was eliminated in the regions path - 5th round last season in the Russian Cup.A good away victory last time out for Bryansk, who won 3-1 against Irtysh.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Ufa.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Volga Ulyanovsk are coming to town in four days.
Kaluga form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kvant in order to reach regions path - 3rd round of Russian Cup. Kaluga was sent out of Russian Cup in the regions path - 2nd round last season.Impressive finishing from Kamenshchikov and Stavtsev secured the home win 2-1 against Dinamo Vladivostok in their previous game.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Ryazan.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kaluga manager Belov as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Strogino.
Head 2 Head
Bryansk have avoided a loss in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) against Kaluga.The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last nine encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Kamenshchikov 7 goals | M. Stavtsev 5 goals | N. Sukhanov 3 goals |
Dinamo Bryansk missing players
Kaluga missing players
| Dinamo Bryansk | Kaluga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 44 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.9 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.2 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 800% | 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 | ||
