National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Khimki or Torpedo Moskva that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Khimki's stadium, Arena Khimki, has a grass surface. Torpedo Moskva have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Torpedo Moskva when playing on grass; 10 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from 18 matches. They have scored 20 goals in these games and conceded 10.
Khimki form and stats
Khimki was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Russian Cup.Khimki have been outstanding at home so far in the FNL with 10 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses. This match is a Russian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
The Khimki supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Tambov in FNL Cup and win 7-0.
As mentioned above, Khimki "killed" Tambov in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Khimki, as the FNL home game vs Tom' Tomsk is only three days away.
Khimki can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 25 times. From these home matches, Khimki have conceded only 7 goals.
Torpedo Moskva form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.5-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Torpedo Moskva in their FNL matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Russian Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. Recent form does not give Torpedo Moskva much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Khimki will be a tough nut to crack.
Home advantage was not enough for Torpedo Moskva in their previous game, as they lost their FNL-match, hosting Luch Vladivostok, 0-2. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Luch Vladivostok.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Torpedo Moskva manager N. Savichev as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Avangard Kursk.
The visiting Torpedo Moskva have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. It's not easy to score on Torpedo Moskva as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Khimki won two games, one match ended with a draw and Torpedo Moskva has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / twoTop Goalscorers
 I. Sergeev 15 goals |
Khimki missing players
Torpedo Moskva missing players
| Khimki | Torpedo Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 31 | Scored | S | 15 | 41 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 237 | 134 | Total Shots | T S | 130 | 251 | ||
| 104 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 91 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotor Volgograd | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 52 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moskva | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 51 |
| 3 | Khimki | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 50 |
| 4 | Chertanovo | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 48 |
| 5 | Neftekhimik | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Shinnik | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Baltika | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 8 | SKA Khabarovsk | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 37 |
| 9 | Tom' Tomsk | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 36 |
| 10 | Chayka | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 36 |
| 11 | Olimpiyets | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Krasnodar II | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 13 | Armavir | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Avangard Kursk | 25 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 27 |
| 15 | Luch Vladivostok | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -11 | 26 |
| 16 | Spartak Moskva II | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -6 | 25 |
| 17 | Yenisey | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 25 |
| 18 | Mordovia Saransk | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 19 |
| 19 | Tekstilshchik | 25 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 25 | -27 | 17 |
| 20 | Fakel | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -30 | 16 |