Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Legion Dynamo & Alaniya Vladikavkaz face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Alaniya Vladikavkaz played their last game only four days ago, a FNL match. That game was also an away game, at Veles. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Legion Dynamo form and stats
Legion Dynamo participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.The spoils were shared in Legion's previous game, also at home. Visiting Mashuk-KMV travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Opportunity lost for Legion Dynamo in the Mashuk-KMV match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Anzhi.The manager R. Izbulatov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Spartak Nal'chik in only three days.
Alaniya Vladikavkaz form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the FNL.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Veles in their previous outing. The FNL match ended in a draw 2-2. An inspired comeback made the scores level in Vladikavkaz's duel with Veles. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after A. Eldarushev found the equalizer.
Prior to that match, the Vladikavkaz manager S. Gogniev faced defeat when travelling to Spartak Moskva II and losing 2-3.After this away game Vladikavkaz return home for a FNL game against Tekstilshchik. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The Vladikavkaz manager S. Gogniev has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. In the opposite end, Alaniya Vladikavkaz have conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings featuring these sides: Legion Dynamo won two, Alaniya Vladikavkaz triumphed in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  K. Kurbanov 2 goals | S. Saaduev 2 goals |  B. Gurtsiev 2 goals |
Legion Dynamo missing players
Alaniya Vladikavkaz missing players
| Legion Dynamo | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Scored | S | 24 | 40 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | ||
| 3.3 | 2.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.1 | 7.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 12.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 47% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 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 | Torpedo Moskva | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Fakel | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SKA Khabarovsk | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Veles | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva II | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 7 | Neftekhimik | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | KAMAZ | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Krasnodar II | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Tom' Tomsk | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Baltika | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Yenisey | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Akron | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Dolgie Prudy | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Urozhay | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Volgar Astrakhan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
| 20 | Tekstilshchik | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 3 |