Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Zvezda Sint Petersburg & FK Nizjni Novgorod face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Zvezda Sint Petersburg form and stats
Petersburg was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Russian Cup.A strong away win for Zvezda Sint Petersburg against Baltika BFU the last match, as Smirnov were on target.
Before that, Zvezda Sint Petersburg had a FNL 2 - Group 2 home game versus Yadro St. Petersburg which ended with a victory 3-2. W L D W L
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
Novgorod was sent out of Russian Cup in the round of 16 last season.The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Two away games in a row for FK Nizjni Novgorod, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 vs Lokomotiv Moskva in the Russian Cup.
A loss, in the Russian Cup away at Lokomotiv Moskva, before that.
9 goals have been conceded by FK Nizjni Novgorod in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Andreev 12 goals |   T. Suleymanov 7 goals | D. Sukonkin 6 goals |
Zvezda Sint Petersburg missing players
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
| Zvezda Sint Petersburg | FK Nizjni Novgorod | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 51 | 25 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.4 | 8.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 40 | 42 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Rostov | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 29 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Krasnodar | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 26 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Sochi | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -5 | 25 |
| 10 | Ural | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 21 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Fakel | 17 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 13 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 13 |
| 15 | Khimki | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -20 | 12 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -23 | 6 |
