On October 19 Krasnodar to play against Pari NN away as a part of Matchday 4 of Fonbet Cup of Russia
POSITIONS IN THE STANDINGS
After 3 rounds Krasnodar takes the leading position in Group A with 7 points by the black-greens ( fulltime wins over Khimki and Pari NN and a penalty shootout loss to Lokomotiv). Pari NN is the current runner-up of the group; the team managed by Mikhail Galaktionov has 5 points (a fulltime win over Lokomotiv, a penalty shootout win over Khimki, a fulltime loss to Krasnodar).
After the round robin the firs two places of the group will be qualified to the Way of RPL playoffs, the third team will continue the tournament in the Way of Regions playoffs, the 4th place will be eliminated from the competition
PREVIOUS MATCHES
Krasnodar and Pari NN have played 4 official games against each other. Out of these games the Bulls won 2, drew 1 and lost 1 with 6-2 goal difference. In Nizhniy Novgorod, the Bulls have one loss (0:1) and one win (4:1).
COMMON GROUND
- Dmitriy Stotskiy, a defender of Pari NN played 68 matches for Krasnodar with 2 goals and 3 assists.
- Il’ya Zhigulev, a midfielder of Pari NN is a FC Krasnodar Academy graduate. He played 23 matches for the main team of the Bulls.
OPPOSITION SQUAD
- Viktor Aleksandrov is the current top scorer of Pari NN in Cup of Russia with 2 goals. Timur Suleymanov scored one goal
- Timur Suleymanov is also the current top scorer of Pari NN (after 13 matches) in Mir RPL with 5 goals, Nikolay Kalinsky is the runner-up, 4 goals.
REFEREES AND OFFICIALS
- Vladimir Moskalyov (Voronezh) is appointed the referee of the match, Rustam Mukhtarov (Petrozavodsk) and Khamid Talaev (Grozny) will be the assistant referees. Maksim Perzava (Ramenskoe) will be the 4th official.
- VAR system will be involved to help the referees with Pavel Shadykhanov (Moscow) in charge and Alexey Lunev (Novosibirsk) as his assisstant
- The match inspector – Sergei Zuev (Moscow)
VENUE
The game will take place in Nizhny Novgorod at the Nizhniy Novgorod stadium on Wed. October 19 at 18:00 hrs (Moscow Time Zone). Сloudy weather with 5 degrees Celsius approx. is forecasted for the whole duration of the game.
BROADCASTING
The live broadcast of the game Pari NN – Krasnodar on October 19 will be provided by the satellite channel "Match Premier" and scheduled at 17:30 (Moscow Time Zone).