National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dinamo Moskva or Krasnodar that keep their silverware dream alive.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Dinamo Moskva have less rest than Krasnodar in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Zenit.
Dinamo Moskva form and stats
Last season, Dinamo Moskva's Russian Cup journey ended in the regions path - semi-finals - 1st round.The story so far in the Premier League for Dinamo Moskva at their home stadium (VTB Arena) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Happy days for Dinamo in their previous game, a fixture away at Zenit that ended with a 3-2 victory. The victory against Zenit came after Grulev's winning goal. The Dinamo Moskva manager Liczka was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 75th minute. The striker Tyukavin was declared "man of the match" for Dinamo Moskva with a rating of 9.01/10. Tyukavin scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
3-3 away at Krylya Sovetov before that.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Baltika in only four days. This game is also played here at VTB Arena.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Dinamo Moskva at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Krasnodar form and stats
Krasnodar's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the regions path - semi-finals - 2nd round.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Krasnodar playing as the away team 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. Krasnodar goalkeeper Stanislav Agkatsev is eager to challenge this, with his 209 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Krasnodar are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Olimpiyets. Spertsyan got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Spertsyan scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Sochi in the Premier League.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Krasnodar in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Krasnodar, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Orenburg.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Krasnodar has managed {3 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these participants: Dinamo Moskva won five, Krasnodar triumphed in two and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Tyukavin 3 goals |  F. Smolov 2 goals |   J. Córdoba Copete 2 goals |
Dinamo Moskva missing players
Krasnodar missing players
| Dinamo Moskva | Krasnodar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 8 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Scored | S | 23 | 52 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 88% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.2 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4 | ||
| 49% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 53% | ||
| 9.4 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartak Moskva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Olimpiyets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Dinamo Moskva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartak Moskva | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Ural | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Zenit | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Rostov | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sochi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Baltika | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Rubin Kazan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Orenburg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Olimpiyets | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Fakel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
