National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dinamo Moskva or FK Nizjni Novgorod that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Dinamo Moskva form and stats
Last season, Dinamo Moskva's Russian Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at VTB Arena as Dinamo Moskva have scored 19 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 6-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Dinamo Moskva, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Khimki away with the result 3-0. Szymański, Fomin and Smolov found the net in that victory. Szymański (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.42/10. Szymański scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
In the match before that, Dinamo hosted Zenit and drew the Premier League game 1-1.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Dinamo Moskva home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, one draw and two defeats. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
The Dinamo Moskva fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Dinamo have conceded only 8 goals.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Playing away, FK Nizjni Novgorod have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. FK Nizjni Novgorod goalkeeper Andrey Sinitsyn is eager to challenge this, with his 242 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
FK Nizjni Novgorod had fun at their own home (VTB Arena) last time out, beating Ural 1-0. Kalinskiy scored. Midfielder Kalinskiy was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.65. Kalinskiy scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 64 successful passes (of 73 total).
Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus Krasnodar that ended 0-0.You'll want to know how Novgorod managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in two away wins, one draw and one home win.
FK Nizjni Novgorod have another match away in just four days, a Premier League game versus CSKA Moskva. A grim timetable for the visiting team!
FK Nizjni Novgorod have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Fomin 7 goals | V. Grulev 6 goals | S. Szymański 6 goals |
Dinamo Moskva missing players
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
| Dinamo Moskva | FK Nizjni Novgorod | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 49 | 21 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 17.3 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 8.6 | ||
| 7.2 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 10.1 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 14.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Sochi | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 22 |
| 12 | Ural | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | Rostov | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | Ufa | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Khimki | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 14 |
