Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Orenburg & Fakel face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's quite the trip for Fakel when visiting Orenburg as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Orenburg form and stats
Orenburg participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the premier league path - group stage.The story so far in the Premier League for Orenburg at their home stadium (Stadion Gazovik) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Aleksey Kenyaykin not having conceded a league goal in 221 minutes.
Orenburg are returning here after visiting Lokomotiv Moskva and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Vorobyev and Bašić scored the goal(s). Bašić (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.01/10. Bašić scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Sochi.The manager Márquez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Olimpiyets in only three days.
Orenburg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Fakel form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the premier league path - group stage.0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Fakel playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
The attacking players of Fakel have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 270 minutes.
Fakel has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Ural for a 0-0 draw. Goalkeeper Belenov made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Ural. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Belenov (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 9.03. Belenov topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, the Fakel manager Tashuev faced defeat when travelling to Krylya Sovetov and losing 0-3.After this away game Fakel return home for a Premier League game against Rubin Kazan. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Goals are few and far between in Fakel's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 5 travels. Fakel struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams played each other earlier on this season: Fakel - Orenburg 0-1. Orenburg-Fakel H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Orenburg six wins, Fakel three wins, zero draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  E. Markov 3 goals |  D. Vorobyev 2 goals |  V. Obukhov 1 goals |
Orenburg missing players
Fakel missing players
| Orenburg | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 9 | 24 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.6 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 45% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 39% | ||
| 10.4 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 6 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Sochi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Fakel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 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 | Krasnodar | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Zenit | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Ural | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Orenburg | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Rostov | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Sochi | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Rubin Kazan | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
| 15 | Fakel | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Baltika | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 4 |
