National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Zenit Izhevsk or CSKA Moskva that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting CSKA Moskva played their last game only three days ago, a Premier League match.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for CSKA Moskva, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
Zenit Izhevsk form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.On the other hand, in the Russian Cup, Zenit Izhevsk has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. All in all it has been a very rough period for Zenit Izhevsk who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 14 attempts. Their previous win was against Lada Tolyatti, 128 days ago.
The Zenit Izhevsk crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Novosibirsk here at Stadion Central'nyj Zenit in a Pfl match.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nosta (0-1).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Zenit Izhevsk, as the Pfl home game vs Tyumen is only three days away.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, CSKA Moskva have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.
Anton Zabolotnyi scored in Moskva's previous match, the home game against Spartak Moskva that ended 1-0. Midfielder Igor Diveev was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.42. Diveev had 42 successful passes (of 52 total).
A 2-2 draw at Arsenal Tula's stadium before that.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Moskva given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed two matches with two wins as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won zero of these games by at least two goals.
CSKA Moskva have another match away from home in just four nights, a Premier League fixture against Olimpiyets. A difficult schedule for the guests!
Moskva has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. CSKA Moskva struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Myrzakov 2 goals |  F. Dvornikov 2 goals |  F. Chalov 2 goals |
Zenit Izhevsk missing players
CSKA Moskva missing players
| Zenit Izhevsk | CSKA Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 13.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Sochi | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Rubin Kazan | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Olimpiyets | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Ufa | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Rostov | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 15 | Khimki | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Ural | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 3 |