Season ticket holders at Stadion Arsenal haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Arsenal Tula languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Rostov will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Arsenal have less rest than Rostov in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Russian Cup game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Salyut Belgorod, so at least Arsenal are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Arsenal Tula form and stats
Arsenal Tula have played 5 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Arsenal Tula shared the glory with Salyut Belgorod in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Before that, Arsenal had a Premier League home game versus Sochi which ended with a victory 3-2.
The Arsenal fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Arsenal Tula have conceded 6 goals.
Rostov form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Rostov have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far.
There were no winners in Rostov's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 vs Lokomotiv Moskva (placed 7th). A 1-1 draw at Krasnodar's stadium before that.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Rostov as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Arsenal won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Rostov has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  S. Tkachev 2 goals |  E. Kangwa 2 goals |   K. Hashimoto 2 goals |
Arsenal Tula missing players
Rostov missing players
| Arsenal Tula | Rostov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 88% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 88% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 25% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | 78 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 55 | 99 |
| 32 | 21 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 19 | 31 |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 16% | 13% |
- Arsenal Tula have scored more than double the goals of Rostov.
- Rostov has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premier League
- Rostov haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Sochi | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan' | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Rostov | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Ural | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Arsenal Tula | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Tambov | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Ufa | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 15 | Khimki | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 3 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 2 |