Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Forte Taganrog & Druzhba face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Forte Taganrog form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Forte Taganrog faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dinamo Stavropol' (1-2).
Heartbreak before that as Taganrog lost 1-2 at Dinamo Stavropol''s place.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Forte Taganrog friendly games in pre-season: Forte Taganrog played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Forte Taganrog scored 1 goal and conceded 0 in these one game.
Druzhba form and stats
Druzhba was sent out of Russian Cup in the 2nd round last season.The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Druzhba have lost on their last two travels.
Druzhba lost away at Anzhi (1-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Druzhba lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Spartak Nal'chik.It's a day of discovery for Druzhba 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 Druzhba have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Druzhba has scored 0 goals and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Taganrog won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Druzhba has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zeroTop Goalscorers
  I. Zakharov 10 goals | I. Yurchenko 10 goals |  A. Konov 10 goals |
Forte Taganrog missing players
Druzhba missing players
| Forte Taganrog | Druzhba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 19 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | ||
| 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 34 | 69 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 56% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 6.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.6 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 25% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 19% | ||