National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Fakel or Sochi that keep their silverware dream alive.
Sochi have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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.
Fakel form and stats
Fakel was eliminated in the premier league path - group stage last season in the Russian Cup.Fakel faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rostov (1-2). The attacking player Appaev was announced as "man of the match" for Fakel with a rating of 7.22/10. Appaev served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that, Fakel had a Playoffs home game versus Yenisey which ended with a victory 2-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Fakel, as the Premier League home game vs Lokomotiv Moskva is only four days away.
Sochi form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the premier league path - group stage.Sochi go into this game after a win, the home game against Baltika that ended 2-0. Drkušić was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Drkušić scored one goal and won 11 of 16 duels.
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Ural wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sochi manager Khokhlov as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Krasnodar.
Head 2 Head
Fakel-Sochi H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Fakel two wins, Sochi two wins, two draws. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  E. Markov 1 goals |   V. Drkušić 1 goals |  M. Kramarič 1 goals |
Fakel missing players
Sochi missing players
| Fakel | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 18 | Scored | S | 7 | 34 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 32% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 9.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 39% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 37% | ||
| 10.8 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA Moskva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Fakel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Orenburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sochi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Krasnodar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ural | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Krylya Sovetov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Rostov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan' | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sochi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Baltika | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Orenburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Fakel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Akhmat Grozny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | CSKA Moskva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Dinamo Moskva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Olimpiyets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
