Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Zvezda Sint Petersburg & Veles face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Zvezda Sint Petersburg nor Veles 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.
Zvezda Sint Petersburg form and stats
Last season, Zvezda Sint Petersburg's Russian Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Petersburg's previous fixture was a Russian Cup game also played at their home, finishing 2-0 against Veles. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
Before that, Zvezda Sint Petersburg drew at home versus Zorkiy.Veles form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Playing away, Veles have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the FNL this season.
Two away games in a row for Veles, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 vs Zvezda Sint Petersburg in the Russian Cup.
Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Volgar Astrakhan.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Veles as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Veles have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Zvezda Sint Petersburg - Veles 2-0 was the scoreline in these squads' latest head to head game, earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Petersburg victory, zero draws and two Veles wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Logua 5 goals |  M. Andreev 4 goals | D. Sukonkin 4 goals |
Zvezda Sint Petersburg missing players
Veles missing players
| Zvezda Sint Petersburg | Veles | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 25 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Baltika | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Arsenal Tula | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | KAMAZ | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Yenisey | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Rubin Kazan | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Volgar Astrakhan | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Makhachkala | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | SKA Khabarovsk | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Neftekhimik | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Shinnik | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Urozhay | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Ufa | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 13 |
| 14 | Krasnodar II | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Akron | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Veles | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 10 |
| 17 | Rodina Moskva | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -13 | 6 |
