National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Znamya Truda or Zorkiy that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Znamya nor Zorkiy 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.
Znamya Truda form and stats
Action has already taken place for Znamya Truda in Russian Cup as they have defeated Strogino to reach the Regions Path - 2nd Round. Znamya Truda was eliminated in the regions path - 2nd round last season in the Russian Cup.Znamya faced defeat in their previous match, away at FK Dinamo St. Petersburg (0-1).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Dinamo Vologda that ended 0-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Khimik Dzerzhinsk are coming to town in four days.
Zorkiy form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the regions path - 1st round.Zorkiy's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Yenisey II that finished 1-1.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Dinamo Moskva II.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The FNL 2 - Group 2 trip to Irkutsk.
Head 2 Head
Previous three meetings with these squads: Znamya Truda won two, Zorkiy triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Dzhioev 3 goals |   S. Sorokin 2 goals | R. Urkhov 1 goals |
Znamya Truda missing players
Zorkiy missing players
| Znamya Truda | Zorkiy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 0.9 | 1.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0.3 | ||
| 0.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 420% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
