Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Orenburg & Sochi face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Sochi have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the premier league path - group stage.The overall Premier League stats playing at home this season for Orenburg are 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Orenburg fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadion Gazovik: A 0-2 defeat against Ural. Florentín (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Florentín hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 49 successful passes (of 55 total).
Before that, Orenburg played out a Premier League draw 1-1 when visiting Rubin Kazan.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Krasnodar in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadion Gazovik.
At Stadion Gazovik, Orenburg has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Sochi form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the premier league path - group stage.0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sochi in their Premier League matches away.
Sochi failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Akhmat Grozny that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfielder Makarchuk was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Makarchuk hit three key passes.
A 0-2 defeat away at Krasnodar before that.Sochi have another fixture away from home in just four nights, a Premier League game versus CSKA Moskva. A hard fixture list for the guests!
It's early days yet, but Sochi has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former seven meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Orenburg, two draws and one win for Sochi. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Pérez 1 goals | C. Florentín 1 goals | D. Vorobyev 1 goals |
Orenburg missing players
Sochi missing players
| Orenburg | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 49 | 30 | Scored | S | 10 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 24 | Conceded | C | 18 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 32% | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 54% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 34% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Sochi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Fakel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Orenburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 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 | Spartak Moskva | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Ural | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Zenit | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Rostov | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sochi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Baltika | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Rubin Kazan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Orenburg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Olimpiyets | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Fakel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
