National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Spartak Nal'chik or Makhachkala that keep their silverware dream alive.
Spartak Nal'chik form and stats
Last season, Spartak Nal'chik's Russian Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.The spoils were shared in Spartak Nal'chik's previous game, also at home. Visiting SKA Rostov travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline.
A Pfl defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Druzhba.Spartak Nal'chik have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Spartak Nal'chik have scored 6 goals and conceded 6 times.
Makhachkala form and stats
Makhachkala was sent out of Russian Cup in the 1st round last season.M. Abakarov, R. Abduragimov and Z. Yusupov scored in Makhachkala's previous match, the home game against Mashuk-KMV that ended 3-0. It was a convincing performance from Makhachkala when Mashuk-KMV were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. M. Abakarov, R. Abduragimov and Z. Yusupov scored their goals.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Tuapse.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Nal'chik one win, one draw and Makhachkala one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Khachirov 9 goals |  M. Abakarov 7 goals | A. Gadzhiev 7 goals |
Spartak Nal'chik missing players
Makhachkala missing players
| Spartak Nal'chik | Makhachkala | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 12 | 40 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 7.3 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 52% | ||