National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Veles or Znamya Truda that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much to rest for the host team, as they performed in a Second League A match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Murom, so at least Veles are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Veles form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Russian Cup for Veles, as the manager Bushmanov led his troops to eliminate Peresvet, and reach the Regions Path - 3rd Round. Veles participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the regions path - 4th round.Veles faced defeat in their previous match, away at Murom (0-1).
Ahead of that match, Veles won a home game hosting Krasnodar II (3-0).There will be little rest for Veles after this match as they are travelling to Rotor Volgograd for a Second League A game in only four days.
Znamya Truda form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Strogino and Zorkiy in order to reach regions path - 3rd round of Russian Cup. Znamya's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the regions path - 2nd round.Znamya Truda delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Rodina Moskva III in their previous game. Drawing 0-0 against Rodina Moskva III after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 3-0. Their manager Lugovkin needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
A loss against Khimik Dzerzhinsk was the result prior to that, in a FNL 2 - Group 2 home game.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The FNL 2 - Group 2 trip to Torpedo Moskva II.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (Veles wins - draws - Znamya Truda wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Dzhioev 6 goals |   G. Sarkisyan 2 goals | Y. Frolov 1 goals |
Veles missing players
Znamya Truda missing players
| Veles | Znamya Truda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Scored | S | 16 | 28 | ||
| 33 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 31 | ||
| 80% | 64% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0.4 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||
| 127% | 220% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 280% | 209% | ||
| 2 | 1.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 0.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.3 | 0.5 | ||
