Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Metallurg Lipetsk & CSKA Moskva face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Metallurg nor CSKA Moskva 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.
Metallurg Lipetsk form and stats
Metallurg was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Russian Cup.Metallurg Lipetsk's results here at Stadion Metallurg in the FNL have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager S. Mashnin led his Metallurg Lipetsk to a defeat in the FNL match away at Fakel. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Metallurg.
Before that game, the home loss against Baltika with the scoreline 0-4.Metallurg Lipetsk aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Metallurg in the league, with only 8 goals from 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Metallurg defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, CSKA Moskva have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far. Moskva love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Moskva had fun at their own home (Stadion Metallurg) last time out, beating Krylya Sovetov 3-1. Chidera Ejuke, Fedor Chalov and Anton Zabolotnyi scored. Midfield player Chidera Ejuke was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.71/10. Ejuke scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 9 of 11 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Ural.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Moskva given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed three matches with three wins as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won one of these games by at least two goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the CSKA Moskva manager A. Berezutski as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Rubin Kazan.
Moskva has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, Moskva have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Arustamyan 6 goals |  C. Ejuke 4 goals |  A. Kutjin 3 goals |
Metallurg Lipetsk missing players
CSKA Moskva missing players
| Metallurg Lipetsk | CSKA Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 49 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.1 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 23% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Orenburg | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moskva | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Neftekhimik | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Fakel | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | SKA Khabarovsk | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Akron | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Baltika | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | KAMAZ | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Veles | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Spartak Moskva II | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 12 | Tom' Tomsk | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Dolgie Prudy | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 15 | Yenisey | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Krasnodar II | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 17 | Urozhay | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Tekstilshchik | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 28 | -28 | 15 |
| 20 | Volgar Astrakhan | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | Sochi | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Rostov | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Akhmat Grozny | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Ufa | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Ural | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 9 |