Perhaps a welcome break from league football as SKA Rostov & Neftekhimik face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Neftekhimik have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
SKA Rostov form and stats
SKA Rostov's previous match was also a home event, the loss 0-3 versus Neftekhimik (in Russian Cup).
Before that game, the home loss against Rubin Yalta with the scoreline 1-3.Neftekhimik form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the regions path - 5th round.Neftekhimik have only collected 4 points from their away games in the FNL, after 1-1-4 (6 played).
Two away matches in a row for Neftekhimik, whose coach Novikov could celebrate last time after the Russian Cup win against SKA Rostov.
A 0-0 draw at Akron's stadium before that.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Neftekhimik's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 6 matches.
Head 2 Head
SKA Rostov - Neftekhimik 0-3 was the output when this pair of squads formerly did battle, also in this season.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Solomatin 3 goals |   P. Kotov 3 goals |  N. Kashtan 2 goals |
SKA Rostov missing players
Neftekhimik missing players
| SKA Rostov | Neftekhimik | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 20 | 36 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 69% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 45% | ||
| 1.6 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 2 | Makhachkala | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Shinnik | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | Akron | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Khimki | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Torpedo Moskva | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Sokol Saratov | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Tyumen | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | KAMAZ | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | SKA Khabarovsk | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Rodina Moskva | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | Yenisey | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 14 | Chernomorets | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Leningradets | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Neftekhimik | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 11 |
| 17 | Urozhay | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Volgar Astrakhan | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
