National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Zvezda Perm or Chelyabinsk that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pfl.
Zvezda Perm form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Russian Cup for Zvezda, as the manager R. Khuzin led his troops to eliminate Tyumen, and reach the 3rd Round. Zvezda Perm was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Russian Cup.The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadion Zvezda.
Zvezda lost their last game at Novosibirsk after a 1-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Dinamo Barnaul that finished 1-1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Zvezda, as the Pfl home game vs Krylya Sovetov Samara II is only four days away.
Zvezda Perm have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Zvezda Perm scored 1 goal and let in 0 goals during these one game.
Chelyabinsk form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Nosta in order to reach 3rd Round of Russian Cup. Chelyabinsk was sent out of Russian Cup in the 2nd round last season.Chelyabinsk go into this game after a win, the home game against Nosta that ended 2-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Orenburg II at their stadium, the result 3-1.
Chelyabinsk played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these one match Chelyabinsk scored 1 and conceded 2 goals.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings between the teams: Zvezda won one, Chelyabinsk won one and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Tyukalov 4 goals |   I. Belyakov 2 goals | R. Guseynov 1 goals |
Zvezda Perm missing players
Chelyabinsk missing players
| Zvezda Perm | Chelyabinsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 41 | 26 | Scored | S | 21 | 43 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 6.1 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 335 | 152 | Total Shots | T S | 120 | 244 | ||
| 145 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 48 | 97 | ||
| 26% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 40% | ||