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!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Orenburg and Sochi.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sochi, who are travelling more than 2200 kilometers to play this game.
Orenburg form and stats
Orenburg participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Orenburg have performed here at Stadion Gazovik this season with 4 wins from 8 FNL matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0. Orenburg haven’t lost a league-game in 17 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Zenit, 97 days ago. The home fans are hungry for more even though Orenburg have been steadily collecting points here at Stadion Gazovik through three straight draws.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Orenburg, as their goalkeeper Aleksey Kenyaykin has completely shut out the opponents for 187 minutes in the FNL.
Orenburg enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Spartak Moskva II's place. The match ended 3-0 with A. Yusupov and R. Gojković (2) scoring. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Chayka.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Orenburg, as the FNL home game vs Yenisey is only two days away.
A decent goal production from Orenburg in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Orenburg have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sochi form and stats
Sochi was sent out of Russian Cup in the 16th finals last season.The visitors are W3-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Sochi seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Sochi lost away at Zenit (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Rostov in the Premier League.
The schedule is very tough for Sochi now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Dinamo Moskva is waiting in only three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Sochi's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sochi have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Orenburg wins - draws - Sochi wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Noboa Tello 7 goals |   Ž. Škoflek 5 goals | J. Fameyeh 3 goals |
Orenburg missing players
Sochi missing players
| Orenburg | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Scored | S | 19 | 53 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 300 | 166 | Total Shots | T S | 132 | 289 | ||
| 118 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 120 | ||
| 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olimpiyets | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 26 | 35 |
| 4 | Torpedo Moskva | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 31 |
| 5 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Neftekhimik | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva II | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Veles | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Baltika | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Yenisey | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 11 | Krasnodar II | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Chayka | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Dinamo Bryansk | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Volgar Astrakhan | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | SKA Khabarovsk | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Tekstilshchik | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Fakel | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Akron | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 19 | Chertanovo | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 14 |
| 20 | Irtysh | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -15 | 12 |
| 21 | Shinnik | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -16 | 10 |
| 22 | Tom' Tomsk | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -13 | 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 | Zenit | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 24 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Rostov | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Sochi | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Krasnodar | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Arsenal Tula | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Tambov | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Ural | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Khimki | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 6 |
| 15 | Ufa | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -16 | 6 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -16 | 3 |