National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sochi or CSKA Moskva that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for CSKA Moskva, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.
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 Sochi and CSKA Moskva.
Sochi form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht as Sochi have scored 22 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 7-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Soslan Dzhanaev not having conceded a league goal in 218 minutes.
Ahead of that match, Sochi won a home game hosting Arsenal Tula (2-0).This is expected to be a close game, with Sochi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sochi as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Sochi has won five of these, drawn four and lost four.
The Sochi manager Fedotov has got the team scoring with 22 from 10 home games in the league. From these home matches, Sochi have conceded only 9 goals.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
Moskva was sent out of Russian Cup in the semi-finals last season.Playing away, CSKA Moskva have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. CSKA Moskva goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev is eager to challenge this, with his 270 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Prior to that result Moskva won their away game at Spartak Moskva in the Premier League. The scoreline was 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by CSKA Moskva in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for CSKA Moskva, three draws and five defeats.
Moskva are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). 11 goals have been conceded by CSKA Moskva in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the previous five meetings): Sochi won two games, two matches ended with a tie and CSKA Moskva got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / twoTop Goalscorers
  Z. Cassierra Cabezas 8 goals |  A. Yusupov 5 goals |  C. Noboa Tello 5 goals |
Sochi missing players
CSKA Moskva missing players
| Sochi | CSKA Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 41 | 29 | Scored | S | 18 | 34 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 14.1 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12.8 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 12.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 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 | 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 | Olimpiyets | 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 |
