Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Krasnodar & Spartak Moskva face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Spartak Moskva could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.
Krasnodar form and stats
Last season, Krasnodar's Russian Cup journey ended in the regions path - semi-finals - 1st round.Happy days for Krasnodar in their previous game, a fixture away at Dinamo Moskva that ended with a 3-1 victory. Batxi (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.05/10. Batxi scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
A 1-1 scoreline against CSKA Moskva (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Russian Cup.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Krasnodar as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Sochi are visiting.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the premier league path - semi-finals, when Ural drew the shortest straw.Spartak won their last game, 3-2 versus Orenburg played at home. Late drama in the previous game, when Khlusevich scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Orenburg. Khlusevich, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 9.32. Khlusevich scored two goals, hit two key passes and won 5 of 13 duels.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Olimpiyets.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Baltika in just four days.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last ten meetings involving these two participants are: five wins for Krasnodar, one draw and four wins for Spartak Moskva. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Khlusevich 2 goals |   J. Fortes Bachiessa 1 goals | A. Chernikov 1 goals |
Krasnodar missing players
Spartak Moskva missing players
| Krasnodar | Spartak Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||
| 51 | 28 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 8 | 9 | ||
| 10.2 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 15.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 48% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | ||
| 8.6 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Moskva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Olimpiyets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Spartak Moskva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Krasnodar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ural | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Krylya Sovetov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Rostov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan' | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sochi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Baltika | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Orenburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Fakel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Akhmat Grozny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | CSKA Moskva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Dinamo Moskva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Olimpiyets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
