National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Krylya Sovetov or Baltika that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's quite the trip for Baltika when visiting Krylya Sovetov as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Krylya Sovetov form and stats
Krylya Sovetov participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the premier league path - semi-finals and lost against CSKA Moskva.A good away victory last time out for Krylya Sovetov, who won 2-1 against Akhmat Grozny. Manager Osinkin felt very clever after Babkin scored the winning goal against Akhmat Grozny, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 77th minute. Garré (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.33/10. Garré scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 6 of 9 times and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
Ahead of that match, Sovetov won a home game hosting Spartak Moskva (1-0).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Dinamo Moskva in only three days. This game is also played here at Samara Arena.
Baltika form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the regions path - 4th round.Baltika lost away at Sochi (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfield player Galoyan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Galoyan hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Baltika secured a home win against Veles with the score 2-1.Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings between these sides: Krylya Sovetov won two, Baltika were winners in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Garré 1 goals | S. Babkin 1 goals |
Krylya Sovetov missing players
Baltika missing players
| Krylya Sovetov | Baltika | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 23 | 39 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 65% | 100% | ||
| 10.1 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 1.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Akhmat Grozny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Baltika | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Zenit | 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 |
