National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rostov or Rubin Kazan' that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Rostov form and stats
Rostov participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the regions path - semi-finals - 1st round.Rostov have played 1 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Rostov's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Fakel. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Utkin got a match rating of 7.7 in that game, the max score being 10. Utkin hit one key pass.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at CSKA Moskva.The match schedule is unforgiving for Rostov as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Zenit are visiting.
Early season league goal statistics from Rostov's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 1 conceded.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
Rubin Kazan''s mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the regions path - 4th round.0-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rubin Kazan' in their Premier League matches away.
Kazan' are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Lokomotiv Moskva. Attacker Daku got a player rating of 8.11 in the game. "Man of the match" Daku scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that, Rubin Kazan' travelled to Rodina Moskva and returned home with a draw after the FNL game finished 0-0.A new game in only four days for Rubin Kazan', the Premier League home match versus Orenburg. Busy days.
Rubin Kazan' have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these teams: Rostov won five, Rubin Kazan' triumphed in two and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Tugarev 1 goals | M. Osipenko 1 goals |   J. Fameyeh 1 goals |
Rostov missing players
Rubin Kazan' missing players
| Rostov | Rubin Kazan' | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 40 | 27 | Scored | S | 11 | 39 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 31% | 52% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 69% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.9 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 48% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 124% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 0.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Rostov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Rubin Kazan' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ural | 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 |
