National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Leningradets or Dolgie Prudy that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Leningradets nor Dolgie Prudy 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.
Leningradets form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Russian Cup for Leningradets, as the manager D. Bushuev led his troops to eliminate Zvezda Sint Petersburg, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.The Leningradets fans got no joy from their last match, a Pfl game also here at Roshchino Arena: A 0-2 defeat against Murom. A 1-1 draw away in the Pfl before that, with Kazanka the opponent.
Leningradets are traveling soon after this match as the Pfl match at Tver awaits in four days.
Dolgie Prudy form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Luki-Energiya in order to reach 3rd Round of Russian Cup. Dolgie's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.Dolgie Prudy have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Dolgie's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Veles game.
It's the second away game in a row for Dolgie, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Smolensk in the Pfl last time out. Prior to that result Dolgie Prudy won their away game at Luki-Energiya in the Pfl. The scoreline was 1-0.
Dolgie Prudy has another fixture away, a Pfl game, against Dinamo Moskva II in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Dolgie played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In these three matches Dolgie Prudy scored 2 and conceded 4 goals.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Leningradets won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Dolgie Prudy has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneTop Goalscorers
  R. Vorobyov 3 goals |  R. Umarov 2 goals | E. Kharchenko 2 goals |
Leningradets missing players
Dolgie Prudy missing players
| Leningradets | Dolgie Prudy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 25 | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 218 | 144 | Total Shots | T S | 79 | 179 | ||
| 94 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 76 | ||
| 34% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 32% | ||