Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Mashuk-KMV & Legion Dynamo face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Mashuk-KMV and Legion Dynamo.
Mashuk-KMV form and stats
Mashuk-KMV have reached this Russian Cup stage through battling and winning against Inter Cherkessk. Mashuk-KMV participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.
Mashuk-KMV are returning here after visiting Tuapse in a Pfl game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. A. Karibov and D. Dulaev scored the goal(s). Before that, Mashuk-KMV had a Pfl home game versus Inter Cherkessk which ended with a victory 3-1.
The victory against Tuapse came after A. Karibov's winning goal. The Mashuk-KMV manager S. Tskhovrebov was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 77th minute.
Mashuk-KMV have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Mashuk-KMV scored 0 goals and let in 2 goals during these two games.
Legion Dynamo form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Anzhi in order to reach 3rd Round of Russian Cup. Legion Dynamo was sent out of Russian Cup in the 2nd round last season.Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Legion Dynamo has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Dinamo Stavropol' for a Pfl game that ended a draw (0-0). A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Anzhi.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Makhachkala in just four days.
It's a day of discovery for Legion as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Legion Dynamo have played three with the results W2-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Legion Dynamo has scored 5 goals and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Mashuk-KMV four wins, one draw and Legion Dynamo two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Tsakoev 3 goals | D. Dulaev 2 goals |   D. Kadiev 2 goals |
Mashuk-KMV missing players
Legion Dynamo missing players
| Mashuk-KMV | Legion Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 0 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 34 | 21 | Scored | S | 6 | 27 | ||
| 27 | 5 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 32% | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 125 | 82 | Total Shots | T S | 56 | 150 | ||
| 56 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 64 | ||
| 43% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 33% | ||