National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Inter Cherkessk or Mashuk-KMV that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Inter Cherkessk and Mashuk-KMV.
Inter Cherkessk form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.A Pfl defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Urozhay.
Manager V. Dorofeev felt very clever after D. Daurskiy scored the winning goal against Tuapse, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 73rd minute.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cherkessk as they are travelling to their away game against Mashuk-KMV in the Pfl. That match is four days after this one.
Mashuk-KMV form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Mashuk-KMV's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Mashuk-KMV lost away at Urozhay (1-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Makhachkala.
A quick return to home after this game, as Mashuk-KMV are hosting Inter Cherkessk in the Pfl only four days away.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Mashuk-KMV have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Cherkessk wins - draws - Mashuk-KMV wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Tsakoev 2 goals |  D. Daliev 1 goals | D. Daliev 1 goals |
Inter Cherkessk missing players
Mashuk-KMV missing players
| Inter Cherkessk | Mashuk-KMV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 9 | 29 | ||
| 47 | 25 | Conceded | C | 20 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 62% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 46% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 32% | ||
| 25% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 29% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 233 | 121 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 120 | ||
| 92 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 51 | ||
| 26% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 37% | ||