National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's SKA Rostov or Chayka that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams have little in common geographically as Chayka have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Second League A game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Spartak Kostroma. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
SKA Rostov form and stats
Rostov participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the regions path - 3rd round.SKA Rostov travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rubin Yalta that ended 1-1.
Preceding that match was the home Pfl game against Druzhba that was lost 0-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for SKA Rostov, as the Pfl home game vs Dinamo Stavropol' is only four days away.
Chayka form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the regions path - 2nd round.Chayka are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Spartak Kostroma.
The game before that, in the Second League A, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Dinamo Bryansk.After this away game Chayka return home for a Second League A game against Veles. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Rostov-Chayka H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: SKA Rostov one win, Chayka four wins, two draws. one of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  P. Solomatin 3 goals |   O. Nikolaev 3 goals | N. Kashtan 2 goals |
SKA Rostov missing players
Chayka missing players
| SKA Rostov | Chayka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 17 | 29 | ||
| 33 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 15% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 32% | ||
| 3.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.4 | ||
| 100% | 65% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 300% | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0.7 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.4 | ||
