Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rotor Volgograd & Akhmat Grozny 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 Volgograd and Akhmat Grozny.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Rotor Volgograd form and stats
Volgograd was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Russian Cup.Rotor Volgograd's struggle is real here at Volgograd Arena with only 10 points collected from 10 FNL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-7-2.
The spoils were shared in Volgograd's previous game, also at home. Visiting Alaniya Vladikavkaz travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Spartak Moskva II that finished 1-1.Rotor Volgograd are traveling soon after this match as the FNL match at Dolgie Prudy awaits in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Volgograd here at Volgograd Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 10 games). Volgograd are not conceding a lot of goals here at Volgograd Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Akhmat Grozny so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose).
Akhmat are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Premier League against Ural. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager A. Talalaev when Senin Sebai scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute. Defender Marat Bystrov was the best team player with a rating of 7.82. Bystrov hit three key passes and won 8 of 12 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Khimki's place.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Akhmat Grozny manager A. Talalaev as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Ufa.
Akhmat Grozny find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Akhmat have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Volgograd victory, zero draws and one Akhmat Grozny win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Chukanov 5 goals | K. Mullin 4 goals | I. Shkolik 4 goals |
Rotor Volgograd missing players
Akhmat Grozny missing players
| Rotor Volgograd | Akhmat Grozny | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 12.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 23% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moskva | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Neftekhimik | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Fakel | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | SKA Khabarovsk | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Akron | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Baltika | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | KAMAZ | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Veles | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Spartak Moskva II | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 12 | Tom' Tomsk | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Dolgie Prudy | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 15 | Yenisey | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Krasnodar II | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 17 | Urozhay | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Tekstilshchik | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 28 | -28 | 15 |
| 20 | Volgar Astrakhan | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 12 |
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 26 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | Sochi | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Krylya Sovetov | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Olimpiyets | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Rostov | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Ufa | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Ural | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 9 |