Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Torpedo Moskva & Rostov face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
It should be mentioned that Rostov play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Rostov on artifical turf are 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one game. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 2-0. You can compare this with overall results below.
Torpedo Moskva form and stats
Last season, Torpedo's Russian Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.23 points is a decent return from 11 FNL games here at Sportivnyj gorodok Luzhniki for Torpedo Moskva. The data says 6 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. The Torpedo fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Sportivnyj gorodok Luzhniki and will expect new points from this game. Torpedo Moskva has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
The Torpedo Moskva supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Yenisey in FNL and win 2-1.
In the game before, an away victory in the FNL match versus Veles with a 5-3 scoreline.Torpedo Moskva are traveling soon after this match as the FNL match at Spartak Moskva II awaits in four days.
Torpedo can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 27 times. Torpedo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rostov form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Rostov won their last game, 4-0 versus Arsenal Tula played at home. As mentioned above, Rostov was the only team on the pitch versus Arsenal Tula in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Denis Terentjev was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.7. The defender Terentjev scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.
A 2-3 defeat away at Sochi before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Spartak Moskva.
Rostov are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. Rostov's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Torpedo four wins, two draws and Rostov four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kalmykov 11 goals | M. Sultonov 8 goals |  I. Lebedenko 6 goals |
Torpedo Moskva missing players
Rostov missing players
| Torpedo Moskva | Rostov | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 42 | 30 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Orenburg | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moskva | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Neftekhimik | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Fakel | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | SKA Khabarovsk | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Akron | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Baltika | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | KAMAZ | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Veles | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Spartak Moskva II | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 12 | Tom' Tomsk | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Dolgie Prudy | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 15 | Yenisey | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Krasnodar II | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 17 | Urozhay | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Tekstilshchik | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 28 | -28 | 15 |
| 20 | Volgar Astrakhan | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 12 |
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | Sochi | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Rostov | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Akhmat Grozny | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Ufa | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Ural | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 9 |