On Wednesday, April 8, 2026, VTB Arena will host the first match of the final of the RPL Path of the Russian Cup between Dynamo Moscow and Krasnodar.
When is the start and where to watch
The text broadcast of the game will be available online in our match center.
Tickets for the match can be purchased on our website from 1000 rubles.
You can watch the live video broadcast of this game on Match TV. Beginning at 18:15 Moscow time.
Also, after the match, wait on our resources for the traditional edition of "Inside" with the highlights of the game and interviews of the actors.
Team status
Over the weekend, Dynamo drew 3-3 at home with Orenburg. Konstantin Tyukavin scored twice, his 57th goal for Dynamo, taking the title of the club's top scorer of the 21st century from Kevin Kuranyi. He did so while wearing the captain's armband, as Daniil Fomin missed the match due to an injury sustained while on international duty. He should be back by Wednesday.
On the positive side, Anton Miranchuk returned to the field after missing a month due to injury, and Luis Chavez and Milan Majstorovic were named in the squad.
Dynamo has no suspended players.
About the opponent
The same can't be said for Krasnodar, whose central midfielders Douglas Augusto and Kevin Lenini will miss the match due to an accumulation of yellow cards. Sergei Petrov and Viktor Sa are out for the rest of the season, but reports of Eduard Spertsyan's serious injury proved premature.
The "Bulls" leader played 60 minutes in Saturday's match in Grozny, where Krasnodar secured a hard-fought victory thanks to a late goal from Jhon Cordoba. The Colombian is in strong form, having already scored seven goals in the spring portion of the championship.
In the match against Akhmat, due to a limited squad – only six outfield players were on the bench – the Krasnodar coaching staff was forced to field nominal defender Giovanni Gonzalez on the right side of the attack, a performance Murad Musayev was pleased with.
"The game could have gone either way. I'm glad we persevered, found our opportunity, and capitalized on it. The rest of the games will be the same. We have no choice but to show discipline, character, and teamwork. We have a very small squad; we have a match against Dynamo in three days, then Zenit. But it's okay, we'll take it step by step," Krasnodar's head coach noted after the match.
Krasnodar will certainly also be keeping the upcoming match in St. Petersburg in mind, which will be of great importance in the RPL title race, where they lead Zenit by just one point. The return leg of the cup match against Dynamo in Krasnodar will take place in another month, on May 7.
History of matches
The teams met four times in the framework of the National Cup. One victory on the account of our team (4:3), two draws (1:1 and 0:0, Krasnodar won both times on penalties) and one victory for Bulls (4:0).
Kazbek Mukailov (2), Daniil Fomin, Bitello, John Cordoba, Nikita Krivtsov, Kevin Lenini and Eduard Spertsyan scored goals from the current players of the teams in these meetings.
The judges
The match will be served by Ivan Abrosimov, who will be assisted by line judges Dmitry Ermakov and Kirill Bolshakov. Kirill Levnikov and Anatoly Zhabchenko will be responsible for the video Referee Assistance System (VAR).
This season, the 41-year-old referee from St. Petersburg worked on the away RPL match of the blue and whites with Krasnodar (0:1) and the cup game with Spartak (5:2).
