Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Metallurg Lipetsk & Forte Taganrog 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 Metallurg and Forte Taganrog.
Metallurg Lipetsk form and stats
Last season, Metallurg Lipetsk's Russian Cup journey ended in the regions path - 3rd round.Happy days for Metallurg Lipetsk in their previous game, a fixture away at Forte Taganrog that ended with a 3-1 victory.
Before that, Metallurg drew at home versus Tekstilshchik.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Avangard Kursk are coming to town in three days.
Forte Taganrog form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the regions path - 2nd round.This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Metallurg Lipetsk with 1-3 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Amkar Perm'.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Second League A trip to Tekstilshchik.
Forte Taganrog played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these two matches Forte Taganrog scored 2 and conceded {7 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Mosiyan 2 goals | D. Semin 2 goals |  D. Lavrishchev 2 goals |
Metallurg Lipetsk missing players
Forte Taganrog missing players
| Metallurg Lipetsk | Forte Taganrog | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 31 | ||
| 31 | 8 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 0.5 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 150% | 200% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.6 | 0.4 | ||
