Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Legion Dynamo & Anzhi face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pfl. That game, against SKA Rostov, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Anzhi.
Legion Dynamo form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Russian Cup for Legion Dynamo, as the manager R. Izbulatov led his troops to eliminate Spartak Nal'chik, and reach the 3rd Round. Legion was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Russian Cup.Legion drew their last game, 0-0 away at Biolog.
Before that, Legion had a Pfl home game versus Essentuki which ended with a victory 3-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Legion have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won six, drawn one and lost zero.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Legion Dynamo friendly games in pre-season: Legion Dynamo played three friendlies, won 2, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Legion Dynamo scored 11 goals and conceded 4 in these three games.
Anzhi form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Mashuk-KMV in order to reach 3rd round of Russian Cup. Anzhi was sent out of Russian Cup in the 2nd round last season.The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Anzhi hope to make it five in this match.
It's the second away game in a row for Anzhi, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus SKA Rostov in the Pfl last time out.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Tuapse.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Anzhi playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were zero Anzhi wins, one draw and two defeats.
A new game in only two days for Anzhi, the Pfl home match versus Dinamo Stavropol'. Busy days.
Just as the home team, Anzhi have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Anzhi win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Legion-Anzhi H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Legion Dynamo four wins, Anzhi one win, zero draws. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Saaduev 2 goals |  C. Agabalaev 2 goals | K. Kurbanov 1 goals |
Legion Dynamo missing players
Anzhi missing players
| Legion Dynamo | Anzhi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 14 | Scored | S | 19 | 43 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 17 | 28 | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 3.8 | 2.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 8.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||