Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Zvezda Perm & Orenburg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Orenburg could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FNL game only three sleeps ago.
It should be mentioned that Orenburg play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Orenburg on artifical turf are 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one game. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 2-1. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Orenburg, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Zvezda Perm form and stats
Last season, Zvezda Perm's Russian Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.On the other hand, in the Russian Cup, Zvezda Perm has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Ural 2 in the Pfl last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that match was the home Russian Cup game against Sochi that was lost 0-1.
Zvezda are traveling soon after this match as the Pfl match at KAMAZ awaits in three days.
Orenburg form and stats
Orenburg's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in FNL matches, Orenburg have produced an overall stat of 4-1-0 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Orenburg as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Orenburg's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Baltika that finished 2-2. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Krasnodar II.
It looked so good for Orenburg vs Baltika, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Orenburg manager M. Liczka as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Veles.
The visiting Orenburg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Orenburg's manager M. Liczka has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Tyukalov 5 goals |   Ž. Škoflek 4 goals | J. Fameyeh 3 goals |
Zvezda Perm missing players
Orenburg missing players
| Zvezda Perm | Orenburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 324 | 162 | Total Shots | T S | 125 | 292 | ||
| 146 | 70 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 107 | ||
| 25% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Orenburg | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva II | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Olimpiyets | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Veles | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | Krylya Sovetov | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 23 |
| 6 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 7 | Neftekhimik | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 8 | Torpedo Moskva | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | Baltika | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 10 | Krasnodar II | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Chayka | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | SKA Khabarovsk | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Tekstilshchik | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bryansk | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 15 |
| 15 | Volgar Astrakhan | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | Yenisey | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 17 | Fakel | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | Akron | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 19 | Shinnik | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 20 | Chertanovo | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -11 | 8 |
| 21 | Irtysh | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -17 | 5 |
| 22 | Tom' Tomsk | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -13 | 3 |