National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Torpedo Moskva or SKA Khabarovsk that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Torpedo Moskva's stadium has a artifical turf surface. SKA Khabarovsk have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for SKA Khabarovsk when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 2 draws and 6 losses from nine matches. They have scored 6 goals in these games and conceded 12.
Torpedo Moskva form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Torpedo Moskva have collected seven points from their first three FNL games here, a promising start.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Torpedo Moskva, who played 0-0 against Tekstilshchik. That match was also played at this venue
Before that, Torpedo had a FNL home game versus Spartak Vladikavkaz which ended with a victory 3-1.Torpedo are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Torpedo Moskva have only let in 1 goal at home.
SKA Khabarovsk form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Playing away, SKA Khabarovsk have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the FNL this season.
Two travels in a row for Khabarovsk, whose manager S. Yuran could celebrate last time after the FNL win against KAMAZ. E. Bulia came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against KAMAZ last time out, making the manager S. Yuran feel like a tactical genius.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Rotor Volgograd.Khabarovsk find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Khabarovsk are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Torpedo, one draw and zero wins for SKA Khabarovsk. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kalmykov 3 goals |  I. Lebedenko 2 goals | V. Adaev 1 goals |
Torpedo Moskva missing players
SKA Khabarovsk missing players
| Torpedo Moskva | SKA Khabarovsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 18 | Scored | S | 19 | 29 | ||
| 31 | 7 | Conceded | C | 20 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 81% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 36% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 7 | ||
| 10.7 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Torpedo Moskva | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Fakel | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Veles | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SKA Khabarovsk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Orenburg | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Neftekhimik | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Spartak Moskva II | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Akron | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | KAMAZ | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Krasnodar II | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Rotor Volgograd | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Volgar Astrakhan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 15 | Baltika | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Tekstilshchik | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Tom' Tomsk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Dolgie Prudy | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 19 | Urozhay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 20 | Yenisey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 1 |