National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Yenisey or Spartak Moskva that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Yenisey nor Spartak Moskva 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.
It's quite the trip for Spartak Moskva when visiting Yenisey as the cities are 4100 kilometers apart.
Yenisey form and stats
Yenisey was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Russian Cup.The home supporters can't complain about results here as Yenisey have scored 12 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the FNL are 5-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Yenisey has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Yenisey supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Chayka in FNL and win 3-2. In the game before, an away victory in the FNL match versus SKA Khabarovsk with a 1-0 scoreline.
The manager A. Tarkhanov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Orenburg in only two days.
A decent goal production from Yenisey in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Yenisey have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premier League. It’s been three wins in a row for Spartak Moskva on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Spartak play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Khimki. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Zenit in the Premier League.
Spartak goalie Aleksandr Maksimenko was high and low in the Khimki game, contributing eight saves towards the victory.
Spartak has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Krasnodar in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Spartak are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. As opposed to that, Spartak have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Yenisey, zero draws and two wins for Spartak Moskva. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  J. Larsson 5 goals | E. Ponce Martínez 5 goals |  A. Lomakin 4 goals |
Yenisey missing players
Spartak Moskva missing players
| Yenisey | Spartak Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 26 | 44 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 16 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 186 | 95 | Total Shots | T S | 192 | 356 | ||
| 65 | 34 | Shots on Target | S O | 70 | 131 | ||
| 34% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olimpiyets | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 26 | 35 |
| 4 | Torpedo Moskva | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 31 |
| 5 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Neftekhimik | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva II | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Veles | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Baltika | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Yenisey | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 11 | Krasnodar II | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Chayka | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Dinamo Bryansk | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Volgar Astrakhan | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | SKA Khabarovsk | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Tekstilshchik | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Fakel | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Akron | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 19 | Chertanovo | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 14 |
| 20 | Irtysh | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -15 | 12 |
| 21 | Shinnik | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -16 | 10 |
| 22 | Tom' Tomsk | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -13 | 9 |
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 24 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Rostov | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Sochi | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Krasnodar | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Arsenal Tula | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Tambov | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Ural | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Khimki | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 6 |
| 15 | Ufa | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -16 | 6 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -16 | 3 |