Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Volgar Astrakhan & Yenisey face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Yenisey have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Astrakhan and Yenisey.
Volgar Astrakhan form and stats
Volgar Astrakhan was eliminated in the regions path - 5th round last season in the Russian Cup.Volgar Astrakhan's struggle is real here at Central'nyj Stadion Astrakhan'gazprom with only 5 points collected from 6 FNL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.
Astrakhan lost their last game at Tyumen after a 0-1 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Volgar Astrakhan won a home game hosting KAMAZ (2-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Volgar Astrakhan perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Volgar Astrakhan as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Volgar Astrakhan has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Volgar Astrakhan as they have a new game in only four days, a FNL match thankfully also at home. Spartak Vladikavkaz are visiting.
Astrakhan has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Volgar Astrakhan defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Yenisey form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the regions path - 5th round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Yenisey so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Yenisey play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Khimki.
A 1-1 draw at Shinnik's stadium before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sokol Saratov in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Yenisey as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Yenisey in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these squads: Volgar Astrakhan won two, Yenisey triumphed in five and we saw three draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lomakin 4 goals |   T. Zhamaletdinov 3 goals | A. Gilyazetdinov 2 goals |
Volgar Astrakhan missing players
Yenisey missing players
| Volgar Astrakhan | Yenisey | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 40% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.3 | 3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 43% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| 1 | 1.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.3 | 3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 2 | Makhachkala | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Akron | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Khimki | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Tyumen | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Shinnik | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | KAMAZ | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | SKA Khabarovsk | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Arsenal Tula | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Sokol Saratov | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Torpedo Moskva | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Rodina Moskva | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 13 | Chernomorets | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Neftekhimik | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Yenisey | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 16 | Leningradets | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Urozhay | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 18 | Volgar Astrakhan | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
