Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Arsenal Tula in 8th and Spartak Moskva in 7th place.
Arsenal Tula form and stats
Arsenal Tula have played 11 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Arsenal haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. E. Lutsenko scored that one.
The Arsenal crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Rubin Kazan' here at Stadion Arsenal in a Premier League match. Prior to that, an away loss at Orenburg.
Arsenal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. Arsenal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Spartak has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Two travels in a row for Spartak, whose manager D. Tedesco could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Orenburg. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Krasnodar.
The visiting Spartak have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 11 games. 11 goals have been conceded by Spartak in these games.
Head 2 Head
Spartak Moskva - Arsenal 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Arsenal, zero draws and five wins for Spartak Moskva. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Lutsenko 9 goals |   J. Larsson 5 goals |  S. Gigot 4 goals |
Arsenal Tula missing players
Spartak Moskva missing players
| Arsenal Tula | Spartak Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 25 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| 27 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 68% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 59% |
| 41% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 55% | 45% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 18% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 55% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 41% |
| 23% | 18% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 32% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 41% |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 292 | 180 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 175 | 379 |
| 91 | 59 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 57 | 118 |
| 27% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 28% | 20% |
- Arsenal Tula have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arsenal Tula haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spartak Moskva 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 | Zenit | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 34 | 50 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Rostov | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 30 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Arsenal Tula | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Ufa | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Tambov | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Ural | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 25 |
| 12 | Sochi | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Orenburg | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Rubin Kazan' | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 15 | Krylya Sovetov | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Akhmat Grozny | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 20 |