Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rubin Kazan' & Rotor Volgograd 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 Rotor Volgograd when visiting Rubin Kazan' as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
These are busy days for the hometeam, as they had a match only three days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Zenit.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the group stage.4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Rubin Kazan' have to build on here at Kazan' Arena in the Premier League.
In their previous game, the manager Slutskiy led his Rubin Kazan' to a defeat away at Zenit. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Kazan' Arena. The talented striker Lisakovich outperformed all others in that game and got a match rating of 8.43 out of 10. Lisakovich scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Krylya Sovetov.The manager Slutskiy will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Akhmat Grozny in only four days.
A decent goal production from Kazan' in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Rubin Kazan' have conceded 11 goals.
Rotor Volgograd form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.3-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rotor Volgograd in their FNL matches away.
The manager Kulikov was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Volgograd Arena. Volgograd suffered a 1-2 loss to Fakel.
The game before that, in the FNL, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Fakel.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Tom' Tomsk in just four days.
Rotor Volgograd have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 16 goals have been scored. Rotor Volgograd have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Kazan' two wins, two draws and Rotor Volgograd zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dreyer 7 goals |   K. Mullin 5 goals | A. Chukanov 5 goals |
Rubin Kazan' missing players
Rotor Volgograd missing players
| Rubin Kazan' | Rotor Volgograd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 25 | Scored | S | 18 | 33 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 6.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 25% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 28% | ||
| 17.8 | 15.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11.8 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Sochi | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan' | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 22 |
| 12 | Ural | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | Rostov | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | Ufa | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Khimki | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 14 |
| 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 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 23 | 53 |
| 2 | Fakel | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Torpedo Moskva | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 47 |
| 4 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 55 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 43 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Neftekhimik | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 41 |
| 6 | SKA Khabarovsk | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 41 |
| 7 | Baltika | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 38 |
| 8 | Akron | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| 9 | Yenisey | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 24 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | KAMAZ | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Veles | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 33 |
| 12 | Krasnodar II | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Spartak Moskva II | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -14 | 33 |
| 14 | Tom' Tomsk | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -8 | 31 |
| 15 | Dolgie Prudy | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 16 | Urozhay | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | -12 | 25 |
| 17 | Rotor Volgograd | 25 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 18 | Volgar Astrakhan | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 23 |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 31 | -31 | 21 |
| 20 | Tekstilshchik | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | -18 | 19 |
