Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rubin Kazan & Ural face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Ural have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Rubin Kazan nor Ural as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Rubin Kazan form and stats
Rubin Kazan was eliminated in the regions path - 4th round last season in the Russian Cup.The story so far in the Premier League for Rubin Kazan at their home stadium (Ak Bars Arena) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
The home club members saw a 2-2 draw versus Dinamo Moskva last time out and are looking for a win here. Fameyeh was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Dinamo Moskva after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Kabutov (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Kabutov hit three key passes.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Krylya Sovetov in a game that was won 2-1.There will be little rest for Rubin after this match as they are travelling to FK Nizjni Novgorod for a Premier League game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Rubin Kazan in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches.
Ural form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the regions path - final - 2nd round.It's gone fairly well in the Premier League away games so far for Ural with six points collected from three matches.
There might be some fixture complaints from Ural as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-4 against Zenit. Ural lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Prior to that result Ural won their away game at Baltika in the Premier League. The scoreline was 1-0.After this away game Ural return home for a Premier League game against Akhmat Grozny. That game is only four sleeps after this.
As opposed to that, Ural have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Rubin won four, Ural triumphed in two and we saw four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Fameyeh 3 goals |  M. Daku 2 goals |  A. Egorychev 2 goals |
Rubin Kazan missing players
Ural missing players
| Rubin Kazan | Ural | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 26 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 68% | 89% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 46% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Ural | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Rostov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Rubin Kazan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Zenit | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Ural | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Krylya Sovetov | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | CSKA Moskva | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Rostov | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Sochi | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Fakel | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | Baltika | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | Orenburg | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 2 |
