National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Legion Dynamo or Anzhi that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Legion Dynamo nor Anzhi as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Legion Dynamo form and stats
Legion was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Russian Cup.Ever since the Biolog game Legion has been unbeatable here producing five straight wins.
Legion drew their last game, 0-0 away at Spartak Nal'chik. Before that, Legion had a Pfl home game versus Chernomorets which ended with a victory 1-0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Anzhi are coming to town in four days.
Legion Dynamo have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Legion scored 5 goals and let in 2 goals during these three games.
Anzhi form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Makhachkala in order to reach 2nd Round of Russian Cup. Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Anzhi won their last game, 1-0 versus SKA Rostov played at home.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Pfl trip to Legion Dynamo.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Magomedov 3 goals |  M. Yagyaev 2 goals |   D. Kadiev 1 goals |
Legion Dynamo missing players
Anzhi missing players
| Legion Dynamo | Anzhi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 26 | 20 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 36% | ||
| 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 146 | 92 | Total Shots | T S | 79 | 212 | ||
| 58 | 38 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 93 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 28% | ||