National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Veles or Tom' Tomsk that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Veles nor Tom' Tomsk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Veles form and stats
Last season, Veles's Russian Cup journey ended in the group stage.Perfect FNL season at home so far for Veles 2 wins from 2 appearances. Veles has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here. We remember; it was Yenisey.
Veles are confident in defense, having played 246 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Veles last time playing, versus Tom' Tomsk. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with V. Kabakhidze scoring for the victors.
In the game before, an away victory in the FNL match versus Urozhay with a 2-0 scoreline.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Veles as they are travelling to their away game against Spartak Moskva II in the FNL. That match is four days after this one.
Veles has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Tom' Tomsk form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.It's not happening yet for Tom' Tomsk on their FNL travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? A depressing four defeats in a row for Tomsk in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus SKA Khabarovsk.
Tomsk have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 192 minutes ago. A. Semeykin was the goal scorer.
There might be some fixture complaints from Tomsk as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the FNL match against Veles (0-1).
It was a FNL defeat before that one as the away game against Fakel wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.The attacking power of Tomsk when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. The Tomsk manager S. Zhukov has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Veles victory, two draws and zero Tom' Tomsk wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Ennin 4 goals | A. Simonyan 4 goals | M. Dmitriev 3 goals |
Veles missing players
Tom' Tomsk missing players
| Veles | Tom' Tomsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 12 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 13 | 22 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 24 | 32 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 9.9 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 28% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| 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 |