National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Zenit or Dinamo Moskva 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 Zenit and Dinamo Moskva.
Zenit form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Russian Cup for Zenit, as the manager Semak led his troops to eliminate Spartak Moskva, Volga Ulyanovsk, Fakel and Krylya Sovetov, and reach the Regions Path - Quarter-finals - 2nd Round. Zenit participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.This stadium, Saint Petersburg Stadium, has been a fortress for Zenit in the Premier League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-0-1.
Zenit's last game was hosting Khimki and winning 3-2. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Semak when Mantuan scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute. The striker Malcom outdid all teammates in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.4 out of 10. Malcom scored two goals.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Olimpiyets.Zenit are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 6 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 1 and lost 2.
Zenit are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at CSKA Moskva awaits in four days.
It's goals goals goals for Zenit who have scored 37 goals from 10 league home games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Zenit are not conceding a lot of goals here at Saint Petersburg Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.
Dinamo Moskva form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Rostov, Akhmat Grozny, Orenburg and Krylya Sovetov in order to reach regions path - quarter-finals - 2nd round of Russian Cup. Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the final.Dinamo Moskva have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
Dinamo Moskva lost away at Krasnodar (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Attacker Gladyshev got a player rating of 7.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Gladyshev hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Krylya Sovetov in the Premier League.Dinamo have another match away in just three nights, a Premier League fixture against Ural. A back-breaking diary for them!
The travelling fans enjoy Dinamo Moskva's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. Dinamo have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Zenit have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) facing Dinamo Moskva.The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Silva de Oliveira 16 goals |  M. Valle da Silva 7 goals |   K. Tyukavin 7 goals |
Zenit missing players
Dinamo Moskva missing players
| Zenit | Dinamo Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 63 | 47 | Scored | S | 16 | 50 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 21 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13.9 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.9 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 43% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 9.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 44 | 48 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 40 |
| 3 | Rostov | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Akhmat Grozny | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Sochi | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -7 | 28 |
| 10 | Ural | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -10 | 20 |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 13 | Olimpiyets | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 19 |
| 14 | Fakel | 19 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 14 |
| 15 | Khimki | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 13 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -24 | 7 |
