Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FK Dinamo St. Petersburg & Zvezda Sint Petersburg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are full days for the host team, as they were in action only four days ago in the FNL 2 - Group 2. This match was also played here at Stadion Petrovskiy. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Zvezda Sint Petersburg have had more rest.
FK Dinamo St. Petersburg form and stats
FK Dinamo St. Petersburg have not come this way in the Russian Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Kirovets GUTID. Petersburg was eliminated in the regions path - 4th round last season in the Russian Cup.FK Dinamo St. Petersburg's last game was hosting Znamya Truda and winning 1-0.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Elektron VN and winning 4-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for FK Dinamo St. Petersburg as they are travelling to their away game against Dinamo Moskva II in the FNL 2 - Group 2. That match is four days after this one.
Zvezda Sint Petersburg form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the regions path - quarter-finals - 1st round.It might be tough going out on the road again for Petersburg, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Luki-Energiya.
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Rodina Moskva III.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Torpedo Moskva II in just three days.
It's a day of discovery for Zvezda Sint Petersburg 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 Zvezda Sint Petersburg have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Zvezda Sint Petersburg has scored {0 goals} and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
Zvezda Sint Petersburg have not lost in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) versus FK Dinamo St. Petersburg.The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Biblyk 4 goals |   N. Tankov 3 goals |  M. Andreev 3 goals |
FK Dinamo St. Petersburg missing players
Zvezda Sint Petersburg missing players
| FK Dinamo St. Petersburg | Zvezda Sint Petersburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 14 | 41 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 23 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.1 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 1150% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.4 | ||
