The first-leg match of the Regional Path quarter-final in the FONBET Russian Cup 2025/26 between KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny and Krylya Sovetov Samara will take place on 27 November at the KamAZ Stadium in Naberezhnye Chelny. KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny vs Krylya Sovetov Samara: prediction, betting odds and statistics.
KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny were stronger than Chelyabinsk in the previous round (0:0, 4:3 on penalties). As a result, the home side have avoided defeat in normal time in five of their last six matches in the Russian Cup (two wins, three draws), and in four games during that spell the club kept a clean sheet. Going forward, however, KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny have looked modest: they have scored at least two goals in only one of their last seven matches in this competition. It is also worth noting that the last time the hosts faced a Russian Premier League opponent was in the 2021/22 season, when they lost 0:6 to Zenit Saint Petersburg in the last 16.
- At least one of the teams failed to score in 11 of the last 14 matches involving KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny in the national cup.
- On home soil, the team scored exactly one or two goals in 10 of their previous 11 matches in this tournament.
- In six of their last eight home games in the Russian Cup, the club conceded no more than one goal.
Potential KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny Lineup (3-5-2)*
Evgeniy Zamerets – Daniil Marugin, Maksim Burko, Saveliy Ratnikov – Aleksandr Deryugin, Surkhaykhan Abdullaev, Artem Sukhanov, Daniil Shamkin, Ruslan Apekov – Daniil Motorin, David Khubaev.
Krylya Sovetov Samara
Krylya Sovetov Samara made a decent start to the group stage, avoiding defeat in normal time in their first three matches (one win, two draws), but in the second round the club managed to pick up only two points. In the end, the visitors finished three points short of a place in the RPL Path play-offs. In Group B, the team were the lowest scorers with seven goals, although Krylya Sovetov Samara failed to find the net only in both games against Dynamo Moscow. Last season, the club finished bottom of their group.
- Krylya Sovetov Samara conceded at least twice in nine of their last 11 matches in the national cup.
- Away from home in this tournament, the team lost in 90 minutes in five of their previous seven matches (one win, one draw).
- In six of their last seven away matches in the Russian Cup, Krylya Sovetov Samara scored no more than one goal.
Potential Krylya Sovetov Samara Lineup (4-3-3)*
Nikita Kokarev – Roman Evgenyev, Nikita Chernov, Ivan Lepskiy, Nikolay Rasskazov – Sergey Babkin, Kirill Pechenin, Fernando Costanza – Ilzat Akhmetov, Ivan Aleynikov, Vladimir Ignatenko.
Forwards Ivan Oleynikov, Vadim Rakov, Vladimir Khubulov, midfielder Sergey Babkin, and defenders Thomas Galdames and Dominik Oroz are injured.
Referee
Stanislav Matveev (Russia)
Matches – 5 (Russian Cup, 2023/24–2025/26);
Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 18;
Average yellow cards per match – 3.6;
Red cards shown – 2;
Average fouls per match – 23;
Penalties – 20%.
KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny vs Krylya Sovetov Samara: Match Prediction
This match is eagerly anticipated in Naberezhnye Chelny. For more than three years, KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny have not faced a Russian Premier League side in an official fixture. And the memories of the last visit from top-flight opposition are not the best either. The next opponent of Anton Khazov's men are inferior in class to Zenit Saint Petersburg, who thrashed the hosts in 2022, but it will not be an easy game all the same. Even so, in our view the hosts have a good chance, if not to progress, then at least to score against the Samara side.
KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny are the highest-scoring club in the current First League campaign, and their scoring run in that tournament stands at eight matches. The home team have also looked excellent in attack in the Russian Cup, scoring in 10 of their last 11 home games.
The visitors have experienced defensive issues this season. In the Russian Premier League 2025/26, the team coached by Magomed Adiev have recorded just three clean sheets. In the Russian Cup group stage, the club were the worst for goals conceded among all the teams that finished third. Moreover, away from home in this competition, Krylya Sovetov Samara have gone 13 matches without keeping a clean sheet.
Prediction: KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, over 0.5 goals
* For each team, the starting XI listed is from their last match in this tournament.
