This match involves two sides residing in the basement of the Premier League, Arsenal Tula at 16th position and FK Nizjni Novgorod lying 13th. A decent opportunity for one of the teams to improve their position.
- Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (52) in Premier League
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have won significantly less corners away then at home.
This looks to be an interesting fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Arsenal Tula form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Arsenal Tula, who have the most conceded goals (52) in Premier League, at their home stadium (Stadion Arsenal) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Arsenal Tula to get some points in this home game.
Arsenal are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Rubin Kazan. Defender Smolnikov got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.2/10. Smolnikov hit two key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.
Ahead of that match, Arsenal Tula lost 1-2 at home to Rostov.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Arsenal Tula have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost two.
Arsenal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. Arsenal Tula's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Arsenal Tula has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
FK Nizjni Novgorod play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Lokomotiv Moskva (placed 5th). Novgorod keeper Nigmatullin was glad for a terrific day at work against Lokomotiv Moskva, but in spite of making six saves the defeat could not be stopped. Kalinskiy, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.51. Kalinskiy served one assist and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Khimki.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with FK Nizjni Novgorod playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were four FK Nizjni Novgorod wins, zero draws and two defeats.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 18 goals have been conceded by FK Nizjni Novgorod in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have met each other already this season, with the match result FK Nizjni Novgorod - Arsenal Tula 2-3 registered in the official records. One of the stars has been Causic with 2 goals scored against FK Nizjni Novgorod in these 1 encounters.Top Goalscorers
  N. Kalinsky 6 goals |  A. Kozlov 4 goals |   E. Kangwa 3 goals |
Arsenal Tula missing players
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
| Arsenal Tula | FK Nizjni Novgorod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 25 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 52 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 36 |
| 88% | 75% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 85% | 85% |
| 85% | 75% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 65% |
| 69% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 46% | 46% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 58% |
| 12% | 25% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 23% | 27% |
| 42% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 31% | 31% |
| 4 | 3.8 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9.9 | 10.8 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 7.5 | 8.5 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 28% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 43% | 32% |
| 15.9 | 14.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 15.2 | 14.1 |
| 5.9 | 4.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
- Arsenal Tula have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (52) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 61 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 36 | 58 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 52 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 47 |
| 4 | Sochi | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 46 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 41 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 39 |
| 7 | Krylya Sovetov | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 38 |
| 8 | Rostov | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 32 |
| 10 | Spartak Moskva | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -6 | 31 |
| 11 | Rubin Kazan | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -11 | 29 |
| 12 | Khimki | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -12 | 28 |
| 13 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -13 | 28 |
| 14 | Ural | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 24 |
| 15 | Ufa | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -13 | 22 |
| 16 | Arsenal Tula | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 35 | -27 | 21 |
