Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kolomna & Sakhalin face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Pfl match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Murom, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Sakhalin play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Sakhalin when playing on artifical turf are 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from six matches. They have scored 9 goals and conceded 5 times in these games.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sakhalin have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Kolomna form and stats
Kolomna have reached this Russian Cup stage through battling and winning against Saturn Ramenskoye. Kolomna was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Russian Cup.Kolomna's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Murom. A Pfl defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Kazanka.
There will be little rest for Kolomna after this match as they are travelling to Zenit Irkutsk for a Pfl game in only four days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Kolomna friendly games in pre-season: Kolomna played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Kolomna scored 1 goal and conceded 2 in these one game.
Sakhalin form and stats
Sakhalin was sent out of Russian Cup in the 4th round last season.Two away games in a row for Sakhalin, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Khimki 2 in the Pfl. Ahead of that match was the Pfl away draw versus Chita that ended 3-3.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Sakhalin have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Dzhikiya 2 goals | V. Manko 1 goals |
Kolomna missing players
Sakhalin missing players
| Kolomna | Sakhalin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Scored | S | 20 | 39 | ||
| 48 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 81% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 163 | 74 | Total Shots | T S | 122 | 238 | ||
| 73 | 35 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 97 | ||
| 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 36% | ||