National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Zvezda Perm or Sochi that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Sochi played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match. That game, against Akhmat Grozny, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sochi.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Sochi have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-1-0 (win-draw-loss) from two matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sochi, who are travelling more than 2600 kilometers to play this game.
Zvezda Perm form and stats
Zvezda participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.There’s a good atmosphere here after three straight home wins.
A nice win for Zvezda last time playing, versus Krylya Sovetov Samara II. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with M. Lauk, E. Tyukalov and A. Subbotin scoring for the victors. Before that, Zvezda had a Russian Cup home game versus Chelyabinsk which ended with a victory 3-1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Ural 2 are coming to town in four days.
Sochi form and stats
Sochi's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.3-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sochi in their Premier League matches away. Having won their last three away games Sochi has no reason to fear anyone.
It's the second away game in a row for Sochi, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Akhmat Grozny in the Premier League last time out. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Ural.
Sochi goalie Soslan Dzhanaev was high and low in the Akhmat Grozny game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
Sochi has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Arsenal Tula in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The travelling fans enjoy Sochi's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Sochi as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Tyukalov 5 goals |   C. Noboa Tello 5 goals |  A. Subbotin 2 goals |
Zvezda Perm missing players
Sochi missing players
| Zvezda Perm | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 46 | 31 | Scored | S | 20 | 50 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 323 | 161 | Total Shots | T S | 119 | 252 | ||
| 148 | 72 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 105 | ||
| 29% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Sochi | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Rubin Kazan' | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Rostov | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Ural | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Krasnodar | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | Tambov | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 14 | Ufa | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 15 | Khimki | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 2 |