Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Spartak Moskva & Fakel face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Spartak Moskva and Fakel.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
Spartak Moskva must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premier League games here at Otkrytiye Arena.
No payout for Spartak Moskva in their previous match, an away game at Rostov that ended in defeat 2-4. A goal frenzy last time out for Spartak Moskva, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Rostov. Fun stuff to watch! The gifted forward Promes edged out all the other players in that game and got a match rating of 7.83 out of 10. Promes scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 45 successful passes (of 50 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Zenit with the scoreline 1-2.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Spartak home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Lokomotiv Moskva are coming to town in three days.
Goals are plentiful at Otkrytiye Arena in the league this season as Spartak Moskva has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games.
Fakel form and stats
Fakel was sent out of Russian Cup in the group stage last season.0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Fakel playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Morozov and Kvekveskiri scored in Fakel's previous match, the home game against Lokomotiv Moskva that ended 2-0. Morozov, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.72. Morozov scored one goal and won 4 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting FK Nizjni Novgorod's place.The schedule is very tough for Fakel now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Sochi is waiting in only three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Fakel have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. The Fakel manager Vasilenko has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Q. Promes 8 goals |  A. Sobolev 3 goals |  M. Maksimov 3 goals |
Spartak Moskva missing players
Fakel missing players
| Spartak Moskva | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 18 | 31 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 24 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.3 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | ||
| 11.8 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.4 | 16.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 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 | Zenit | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 23 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Rostov | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Spartak Moskva | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 16 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Sochi | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Orenburg | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 21 | -14 | 9 |
| 13 | Khimki | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 14 | Fakel | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Ural | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -17 | 1 |
