National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Orenburg or CSKA Moskva that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams have little in common geographically as CSKA Moskva have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Orenburg 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.
Orenburg form and stats
Orenburg was eliminated in the premier league path - group stage last season in the Russian Cup.Orenburg faced defeat in their previous match, away at Spartak Moskva (2-3). Heartbreak for Orenburg in their last match as Spartak Moskva's Khlusevich scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The attacking player Vorobyev was announced as "man of the match" for Orenburg with the rating of 8.13/10. Vorobyev scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Orenburg played out a Club Friendlies 2 draw 2-2 when visiting Gazisehir Gaziantep.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Orenburg as they are travelling to their away game against Rubin Kazan' in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
Moskva's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the premier league path - semi-finals.Playing away, CSKA Moskva have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season.
CSKA Moskva are travelling again after losing away to Ural in their previous match (1-2). Méndez got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, top player of the team. Méndez hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 59 successful passes (of 67 total).
Before that game, 0-0 away against Zenit (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) in the Super Cup.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the CSKA Moskva manager Fedotov as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Akhmat Grozny.
{1 goals} so far away for CSKA Moskva, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
CSKA Moskva have not lost in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) facing Orenburg.Top Goalscorers
  C. Florentín 1 goals | D. Vorobyev 1 goals |   A. Zabolotnyi 1 goals |
Orenburg missing players
CSKA Moskva missing players
| Orenburg | CSKA Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 54 | 36 | Scored | S | 19 | 46 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Conceded | C | 20 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 72% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 16% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 53% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| 10.6 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.6 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA Moskva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Fakel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Orenburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sochi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Krasnodar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ural | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Krylya Sovetov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Rostov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan' | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sochi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Baltika | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Orenburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Fakel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Akhmat Grozny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | CSKA Moskva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Dinamo Moskva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Olimpiyets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
