National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Luki-Energiya or Dolgie Prudy that keep their silverware dream alive.
Luki-Energiya have less rest than Dolgie Prudy in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Pfl game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Zenit II, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Luki-Energiya form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Russian Cup for Luki-Energiya, as the manager S. Osadchuk led his troops to eliminate Krasnyy-SGAFKST, and reach the 2nd Round. Luki-Energiya participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Luki-Energiya, as the Pfl home game vs Dolgie Prudy is only four days away.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Luki-Energiya, who have participated in two training matches. Luki-Energiya have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.
Dolgie Prudy form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Momentum is building for Dolgie in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Dolgie Prudy had fun at their own home last time out, beating Zenit Irkutsk 1-0. E. Yatchenko scored.
Dolgie Prudy has another fixture away, a Pfl game, against Luki-Energiya in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Dolgie have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeats from three fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Luki-Energiya won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Dolgie Prudy has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / threeTop Goalscorers
  V. Oslonovsky 1 goals | A. Egorov 1 goals | A. Pochipov 1 goals |
Luki-Energiya missing players
Dolgie Prudy missing players
| Luki-Energiya | Dolgie Prudy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 14 | 41 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 126 | 57 | Total Shots | T S | 71 | 202 | ||
| 60 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 86 | ||
| 23% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 38% | ||