National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dinamo Stavropol' or Biolog 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 Stavropol' form and stats
Stavropol' have not come this way in the Russian Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Ivanovskoye and Kuban Kholding. Stavropol' was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Russian Cup.Two draws in a row at home now for Stavropol'.
The spoils were shared in Stavropol''s previous game, also at home. Visiting Chayka travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Spartak Nal'chik and winning 1-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stavropol' as they are travelling to their away game against Anzhi in the Pfl. That match is four days after this one.
Biolog form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Chernomorets and Tuapse in order to reach 3rd round of Russian Cup. They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.It could be a hat trick of victories away for Biolog, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Biolog's last game was the home draw against Legion Dynamo (0-0).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Chernomorets.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Biolog manager L. Nazarenko as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Mashuk-KMV.
It's a day of discovery for Biolog 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 Biolog have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Biolog has scored 2 goals and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between the teams: Stavropol' won five, Biolog won one and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Stepanovich 3 goals |  D. Daliev 1 goals | A. Kurachinov 1 goals |
Dinamo Stavropol' missing players
Biolog missing players
| Dinamo Stavropol' | Biolog | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 31 | 55 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 40% | ||