National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Fakel or Dolgie Prudy 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.
This pitch has grass, which is not Dolgie Prudy's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Dolgie Prudy have performed like this: Played 17 matches resulting in 6 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats with the goal stats 23-23 (scored/conceded).
Fakel form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Seven points from three FNL home games is a great start for Fakel, who are hoping to build on that form here. The Fakel fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Fakel has played 19 games in a row here without a defeat.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Fakel, as their goalkeeper Dmitry Kortnev has completely shut out the opponents for 271 minutes in the FNL.
A good away victory last time out for Fakel, who won 2-0 against Orenburg.
Before that, Fakel had a FNL home game versus Tom' Tomsk which ended with a victory 2-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for Fakel as they have a new game in only four days, a FNL match thankfully also at home. Akron are visiting.
Goals decide football matches and Fakel are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. On the other hand, Fakel have conceded 3 goals.
Dolgie Prudy form and stats
Dolgie Prudy was sent out of Russian Cup in the 3rd round last season.The FNL season is young and Dolgie Prudy have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Two away games in a row for Dolgie, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Krasnodar II in the FNL.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting KAMAZ in the FNL.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dolgie's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. As opposed to that, Dolgie have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Maksimov 3 goals | R. Akbashev 2 goals | V. Cherov 1 goals |
Fakel missing players
Dolgie Prudy missing players
| Fakel | Dolgie Prudy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 49 | 22 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 16 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.5 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 47% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Torpedo Moskva | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Fakel | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Veles | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SKA Khabarovsk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Orenburg | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Neftekhimik | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Spartak Moskva II | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Akron | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | KAMAZ | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Krasnodar II | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Rotor Volgograd | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Volgar Astrakhan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 15 | Baltika | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Tekstilshchik | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Tom' Tomsk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Dolgie Prudy | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 19 | Urozhay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 20 | Yenisey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 1 |