National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's FK Nizjni Novgorod or Spartak Moskva 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.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
FK Nizjni Novgorod participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the regions path - quarter-finals - 2nd round.3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what FK Nizjni Novgorod have to build on here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod in the Premier League.
Novgorod drew their last game, 1-1 away at Dinamo Moskva. The hometeam coach Yuran made a successful contribution in the game against Dinamo Moskva, bringing on Kutateladze who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfield player Troshechkin got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, the max score being 10. Troshechkin hit one key pass.
Before that, FK Nizjni Novgorod had a Premier League home game versus Rubin Kazan which ended with a victory 2-1.FK Nizjni Novgorod has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. From these home matches, Novgorod have conceded only 3 goals.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
Spartak Moskva's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the regions path - semi-finals - 2nd round.Things could have gone better for Spartak Moskva in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Spartak Moskva are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Sochi. The end of the last match, against Sochi, was very satisfying as Babić scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Promes was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.73/10. Promes served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 50 successful passes (of 54 total).
Prior to that match, the Spartak manager Perez faced defeat when travelling to Krasnodar and losing 0-2.After this away game Spartak Moskva return home for a Premier League game against Dinamo Moskva. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Spartak Moskva has scored 6 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games).
Head 2 Head
Spartak Moskva have won at least one point in the last 4 games (2-2-0) against FK Nizjni Novgorod.The former H2H meeting ended Spartak Moskva - FK Nizjni Novgorod 5-4, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 3 goals |   N. Kalinsky 2 goals |  E. Sevikyan 2 goals |
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
Spartak Moskva missing players
| FK Nizjni Novgorod | Spartak Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 21 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 6 | ||
| 8.2 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 15.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 41% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 31% | ||
| 10.4 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Zenit | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Ural | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Orenburg | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Rostov | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Sochi | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Rubin Kazan | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
| 15 | Fakel | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Baltika | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 4 |
