National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Novosibirsk or Dinamo Barnaul that keep their silverware dream alive.
Novosibirsk and Dinamo Barnaul should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Novosibirsk form and stats
Last season, Novosibirsk's Russian Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Novosibirsk has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
It's back home for Novosibirsk, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Orenburg II away with the result 1-0. M. Zhitnev found the net in that victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Zenit Irkutsk (0-2).
Novosibirsk made it very difficult for themselves, when D. Bakay got a red card in the 31st minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Novosibirsk won the match 1-0!
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Novosibirsk, as the Pfl home game vs Tyumen is only four days away.
Novosibirsk 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; Novosibirsk scored 1 goal and let in 2 goals during these two games.
Dinamo Barnaul form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.It's the second away game in a row for Barnaul, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Orenburg II in the Pfl last time out. It was a Pfl defeat before that one as the away game against Irtysh wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
As you can tell from the results above, Dinamo Barnaul was very dominant against Orenburg II, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with I. Zhitnikov, V. Zavjalov, E. Shcherbakov and M. Osipov providing the goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Zvezda Perm in just four days.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Novosibirsk won one game, one match ended with a draw and Dinamo Barnaul has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneNovosibirsk missing players
Dinamo Barnaul missing players
| Novosibirsk | Dinamo Barnaul | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 7 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 21 | 32 | ||
| 94% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 69% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 19% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 31% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 19% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 40% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 115 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 125 | 225 | ||
| 44 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 81 | ||
| 39% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | ||
