Premier League: Arsenal Tula - Sochi preview and the hard facts

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Arsenal (20074 seats)

Here's every piece of info you should know, and even more, before the Arsenal Tula - Sochi match!

Insights:
  • Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (24) in Premier League
  • Sochi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Arsenal saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Russian Cup. That game was an away game at Veles, so at least Arsenal are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sochi, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.

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Arsenal Tula form and stats

Arsenal Tula have collected 9 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-3-1.

Arsenal manager M. Božović and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Veles (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) in the Russian Cup.

Heartbreak before that as Arsenal lost 0-4 at Rostov's place.

The Arsenal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Arsenal have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Sochi form and stats

3-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sochi in their Premier League matches away.

Sochi are travelling again after losing away to Lokomotiv Moskva in their previous match (1-2). Timofey Margasov, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.3. Margasov hit two key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Rostov.

Sochi find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Sochi have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Arsenal victories, one draw and one Sochi win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SochiC. Noboa Tello
C. Noboa Tello
3 goals
SochiI. Popov
I. Popov
3 goals
SochiZ. Cassierra Cabezas
Z. Cassierra Cabezas
3 goals

Arsenal Tula missing players

Sochi missing players

Arsenal Tula Sochi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 1 7 12
3 2 1 Won W 0 3 7
3 3 1 Drew D 0 0 0
6 1 1 Lost L 1 4 5
14 7 3 Scored S 0 7 18
24 8 5 Conceded C 1 10 14
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 75%
75% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 67%
42% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
67% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 50%
8% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
33% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 33%
 
4.3 3.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.3 5.3
6.7 6.2 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4 3.9
2.7 3.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.9 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 11.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 20 13.6 14.6
3.3 4.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 4.6
35% 28% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 33%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (24) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Premier League
  • Sochi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Sochi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sochi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 12 8 2 2 30 15 6 5 0 1 17 7 6 3 2 1 13 8 15 26
2 Dinamo Moskva 12 7 2 3 20 12 6 3 1 2 10 6 6 4 1 1 10 6 8 23
3 CSKA Moskva 12 7 2 3 17 9 6 4 1 1 8 3 6 3 1 2 9 6 8 23
4 Krasnodar 12 6 3 3 22 11 5 3 1 1 9 4 7 3 2 2 13 7 11 21
5 Lokomotiv Moskva 12 5 6 1 17 11 6 4 1 1 11 6 6 1 5 0 6 5 6 21
6 Sochi 12 7 0 5 18 14 5 4 0 1 11 4 7 3 0 4 7 10 4 21
7 Spartak Moskva 12 5 2 5 14 17 6 3 1 2 10 7 6 2 1 3 4 10 -3 17
8 Rubin Kazan 12 4 4 4 16 14 7 3 2 2 11 8 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 16
9 Krylya Sovetov 12 5 1 6 15 16 5 3 0 2 8 5 7 2 1 4 7 11 -1 16
10 Akhmat Grozny 12 5 0 7 12 18 6 3 0 3 6 7 6 2 0 4 6 11 -6 15
11 Olimpiyets 12 4 2 6 13 19 6 1 0 5 6 13 6 3 2 1 7 6 -6 14
12 Rostov 12 3 3 6 19 23 6 1 1 4 9 12 6 2 2 2 10 11 -4 12
13 Arsenal Tula 12 3 3 6 14 24 6 2 3 1 7 8 6 1 0 5 7 16 -10 12
14 Khimki 12 2 5 5 11 19 6 1 4 1 6 6 6 1 1 4 5 13 -8 11
15 Ufa 12 2 4 6 13 19 7 1 3 3 9 11 5 1 1 3 4 8 -6 10
16 Ural 12 2 3 7 5 15 7 1 3 3 4 7 5 1 0 4 1 8 -10 9

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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.