Premier League preview: Can Arsenal Tula edge out victory against Rotor Volgograd?

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 07.November
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Arsenal (20074 seats)

Arsenal Tula are welcoming Rotor Volgograd for another important game after their 1-3 result against 6th-placed Rubin Kazan.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Arsenal Tula form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Arsenal Tula have to build on here at Stadion Arsenal in the Premier League.

No payout for Arsenal Tula in their previous match, an away game at Rubin Kazan that ended in defeat 1-3. Prior to that, an away loss at CSKA Moskva.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Arsenal handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, five draws and zero defeats.

A decent goal production from Arsenal in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Arsenal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rotor Volgograd form and stats

There's been little loot from Rotor Volgograd's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Rotor Volgograd, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Premier League, only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.

Volgograd might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. CSKA Moskva proved too strong as Rotor Volgograd slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Volgograd Arena. Prior to that result Rotor Volgograd won their away game at Lokomotiv Moskva. The scoreline was 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Volgograd have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were two victories, one draw and zero defeats.

The attacking power of Volgograd when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Volgograd have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Arsenal TulaE. Kangwa
E. Kangwa
3 goals
Arsenal TulaS. Tkachev
S. Tkachev
2 goals
Arsenal TulaA. Mohammed
A. Mohammed
2 goals

Arsenal Tula missing players

Rotor Volgograd missing players

Arsenal Tula Rotor Volgograd
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 3 Played P 2 6 13
3 3 1 Won W 0 1 1
3 2 1 Drew D 2 3 3
7 2 1 Lost L 0 2 9
16 11 4 Scored S 1 4 6
25 9 4 Conceded C 1 8 22
92% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 67% 85%
85% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 69%
54% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 46%
46% 43% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 15%
31% 43% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
69% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 38%
23% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 15%
15% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 62%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.6 3.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 4.4 3.7
3 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
178 104 58 Total Shots T S 14 29 95
51 28 14 Shots on Target S O 2 10 32
31% 39% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 40% 19%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Arsenal Tula has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have scored more than double the goals of Rotor Volgograd.
  • Rotor Volgograd has the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Premier League
  • Rotor Volgograd has the fewest scored goals (6) in Premier League
  • Rotor Volgograd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rotor Volgograd have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 CSKA Moskva 13 9 1 3 25 10 6 4 0 2 14 7 7 5 1 1 11 3 15 28
2 Zenit 13 8 3 2 27 9 6 5 0 1 19 6 7 3 3 1 8 3 18 27
3 Spartak Moskva 13 8 3 2 22 13 6 3 2 1 9 6 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 27
4 Rostov 13 7 2 4 16 13 6 3 1 2 7 4 7 4 1 2 9 9 3 23
5 Sochi 13 6 4 3 21 19 6 3 3 0 11 7 7 3 1 3 10 12 2 22
6 Rubin Kazan 13 6 3 4 21 18 7 2 3 2 10 9 6 4 0 2 11 9 3 21
7 Lokomotiv Moskva 13 6 3 4 14 11 7 4 1 2 8 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 3 21
8 Dinamo Moskva 12 6 2 4 13 9 7 5 1 1 9 2 5 1 1 3 4 7 4 20
9 Akhmat Grozny 13 6 2 5 16 16 6 4 0 2 10 6 7 2 2 3 6 10 0 20
10 Krasnodar 13 5 3 5 22 15 6 3 2 1 15 8 7 2 1 4 7 7 7 18
11 Ural 13 3 5 5 9 13 7 2 3 2 6 7 6 1 2 3 3 6 -4 14
12 Tambov 12 3 3 6 10 14 6 2 1 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 6 9 -4 12
13 Arsenal Tula 13 3 3 7 16 25 7 3 2 2 11 9 6 0 1 5 5 16 -9 12
14 Khimki 13 2 3 8 13 25 6 1 1 4 5 10 7 1 2 4 8 15 -12 9
15 Rotor Volgograd 13 1 3 9 6 22 7 0 0 7 2 14 6 1 3 2 4 8 -16 6
16 Ufa 13 1 3 9 7 26 7 0 3 4 3 9 6 1 0 5 4 17 -19 6

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.