Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Forte Taganrog & Salyut Belgorod face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Forte Taganrog and Salyut Belgorod.
Forte Taganrog form and stats
Action has already taken place for Taganrog in Russian Cup as they have defeated Metallurg Lipetsk to reach the Regions Path - 3rd Round. Forte Taganrog participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the regions path - 2nd round.The Forte Taganrog crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Avangard Kursk here at Forte Arena Taganrog.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Chertanovo (0-5).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Taganrog as they are travelling to their away game against Salyut Belgorod in the Second League A. That match is four days after this one.
Forte Taganrog have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Forte Taganrog scored {2 goals} and let in {7 goals} during these two games.
Salyut Belgorod form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Avangard Kursk in order to reach regions path - 3rd round of Russian Cup. Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the regions path - 2nd round.Salyut Belgorod are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Metallurg Lipetsk.
A loss against Amkar Perm' was the result prior to that, in a Second League A home game.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Forte Taganrog in just four days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Maksimchuk 3 goals |  D. Lavrishchev 2 goals | P. Volodkin 2 goals |
Forte Taganrog missing players
Salyut Belgorod missing players
| Forte Taganrog | Salyut Belgorod | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 36 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 0.6 | 0.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0.3 | ||
| 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 208% | 333% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.4 | 0.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
