Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Murom & Ryazan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Murom's stadium has a artifical turf surface. Ryazan have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Ryazan when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss from eight matches. They have scored 15 goals in these games and conceded 9.
Murom form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.In the game before, an away victory in the Pfl match versus Kolomna with a 4-3 scoreline.
A goal frenzy last time out for Murom, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Rodina Moskva. Fun stuff to watch!
This is expected to be a close game, with Murom perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Murom as a small favourite), we find six games. Murom has won four of these, drawn one and lost one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Murom as they have a new game in only three days, a Pfl match thankfully also at home. Znamya Truda are visiting.
Murom have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Murom have scored 1 goal and conceded 2 times.
Ryazan form and stats
Ryazan's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the 4th round.Two away games in a row for Ryazan, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Metallurg Lipetsk in the Pfl. It was a Pfl defeat before that one as the away game against Metallurg Lipetsk wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ryazan playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were four Ryazan wins, one draw and zero defeats.
A new game in only three days for Ryazan, the Pfl home match versus Avangard Kursk. Busy days.
It's a day of discovery for Ryazan 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 Ryazan have played four with the results W0-D2-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Ryazan has scored 4 goals and conceded 8 times.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Murom, zero draws and two wins for Ryazan. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Murom missing players
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| Murom | Ryazan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 42 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Conceded | C | 25 | 41 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 163 | 77 | Total Shots | T S | 98 | 170 | ||
| 63 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 69 | ||
| 52% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 43% | ||