National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Yenisey or Volgar Astrakhan that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Yenisey and Volgar Astrakhan.
It's quite the trip for Volgar Astrakhan when visiting Yenisey as the cities are 4400 kilometers apart.
Yenisey form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.As mentioned below, Yenisey are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 FNL games. Yenisey are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Tekstilshchik on their last time out; the FNL game ended 2-2. Previous to that game, a FNL home match hosting Spartak Vladikavkaz in a game that was won 3-2.
Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Tekstilshchik last time out, but a goal from F. Dvornikov completed a comeback to a draw result for Yenisey.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Yenisey, as the FNL home game vs Krylya Sovetov is only four days away.
Yenisey has the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Volgar Astrakhan form and stats
Volgar Astrakhan was sent out of Russian Cup in the 3rd round last season.It's not happening yet for Volgar Astrakhan on their FNL travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? It's looking increasingly bleak for Astrakhan who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Krasnodar II was the last time a defeat was avoided. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Astrakhan's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Astrakhan lost away at Chayka (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting SKA Khabarovsk's place.
Astrakhan were so close to getting something from the game against Chayka, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime.
The schedule is very tough for Astrakhan now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A FNL game at Orenburg is waiting in only four days.
Goals are few and far between in Astrakhan's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. Astrakhan's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Yenisey victories, zero draws and two Volgar Astrakhan wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lomakin 3 goals | J. Lescano 2 goals | A. Galimov 1 goals |
Yenisey missing players
Volgar Astrakhan missing players
| Yenisey | Volgar Astrakhan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 22 | 54 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Conceded | C | 13 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 16% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 126 | 61 | Total Shots | T S | 98 | 232 | ||
| 49 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 93 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 49% | ||
| 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 Moskva II | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Baltika | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Veles | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Neftekhimik | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Yenisey | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bryansk | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | SKA Khabarovsk | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Krylya Sovetov | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Tekstilshchik | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Olimpiyets | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Akron | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Torpedo Moskva | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | Chertanovo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Chayka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Fakel | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Shinnik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Krasnodar II | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 20 | Volgar Astrakhan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 21 | Tom' Tomsk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| 22 | Irtysh | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -9 | 1 |