Rotor Volgograd are welcoming Arsenal Tula for another important game after their 1-0 result against 14th-placed Ufa.
- Rotor Volgograd has the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula has the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Premier League
The hosts Rotor Volgograd saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ufa, was also a home game here at Volgograd Arena. The away team is better rested.
It's quite the trip for Arsenal Tula when visiting Volgograd as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Rotor Volgograd form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Rotor Volgograd, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League, have only managed 0 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from their games here at Volgograd Arena.
Rotor Volgograd haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 298 minutes ago. D. Stepanov scored that one.
A nice win for Volgograd last time playing, versus Ufa. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Kamil Mullin scoring for the victors. Prior to that, an away loss at Krasnodar.
Manager A. Khatskevich felt very clever after Kamil Mullin scored the winning goal against Ufa, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Rotor Volgograd have scored 2 goals here in 8 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Arsenal Tula form and stats
There's been little loot from Arsenal Tula's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 9 away games in the Premier League. Arsenal Tula, who have the fewest points (1) away in Premier League, only have 0 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing five defeats in a row for Arsenal in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Tambov.
Arsenal are looking to quickly end their 445 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Arsenal, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Khimki (placed 11th). Prior to that match, the Arsenal Tula manager D. Parfenov faced defeat when travelling to Dinamo Moskva and losing 0-1.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Arsenal, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Volgograd and Arsenal Tula have met before this season: Arsenal Tula - Rotor Volgograd 1-1.Top Goalscorers
  E. Kangwa 3 goals |   K. Mullin 2 goals | F. Jovino Filho 2 goals |
Rotor Volgograd missing players
Arsenal Tula missing players
| Rotor Volgograd | Arsenal Tula | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 30 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 29 |
| 83% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 56% |
| 22% | 22% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 61% | 67% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.9 | 10.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 12.9 | 13.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 15% | 11% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 14% | 25% |
- Arsenal Tula has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula has the fewest points (1) away in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula has the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula has the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Arsenal Tula have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Arsenal Tula have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Arsenal Tula have scored more than double the goals of Rotor Volgograd.
- Arsenal Tula have yet to win a game away.
- Arsenal Tula haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Rotor Volgograd has the fewest points (1) at home in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the most conceded goals (14) at home in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the most conceded goals (30) in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the the worst goal difference (-23) in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 5 | Rostov | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Sochi | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Krasnodar | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 11 | Khimki | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 12 | Ural | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 14 |
| 14 | Ufa | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 13 |
| 15 | Tambov | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -23 | 8 |