The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Arsenal Tula are in the 10th position while the guesting Tambov worry at 14th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Arsenal Tula are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Tambov are struggling to avoid relegation.
Arsenal Tula form and stats
Arsenal Tula's struggle is real here at Stadion Arsenal with only 12 points collected from 14 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-8. It's been an uphill battle for Arsenal in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Lokomotiv Moskva game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
The Arsenal Tula crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-4 to Krylya Sovetov here at Stadion Arsenal in a Premier League match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Dinamo Moskva and winning 1-0.
A goal frenzy last time out for Arsenal, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Krylya Sovetov. Fun stuff to watch!
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Arsenal Tula 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 three wins, four draws and zero defeats.
The manager S. Podpaly will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ural in only four days.
Arsenal Tula are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Arsenal defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Tambov form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tambov so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-7 (win-draw-lose).
Tambov's previous game was their home loss versus Akhmat Grozny (1-2). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Spartak Moskva at their stadium, the result 3-2.
Tambov are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
The visiting Tambov have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 13 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Tambov have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Tambov - Arsenal 0-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Arsenal wins - draws - Tambov wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Lutsenko 14 goals |   V. Obukhov 7 goals |  G. Melkadze 7 goals |
Arsenal Tula missing players
Tambov missing players
| Arsenal Tula | Tambov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 32 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 39 | 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 93% |
| 70% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 85% |
| 48% | 57% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 69% | 63% |
| 26% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 15% | 11% |
| 15% | 21% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 7% |
| 59% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 77% | 56% |
| 22% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 22% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 23% | 30% |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 368 | 236 | 67 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 117 | 299 |
| 109 | 73 | 25 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 42 | 98 |
| 29% | 26% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | 34% |
- Arsenal Tula have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arsenal Tula haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tambov 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 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 43 | 65 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 50 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 45 |
| 5 | Rostov | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 48 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 32 | -4 | 43 |
| 6 | Ufa | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Ural | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 22 | -11 | 35 |
| 8 | Spartak Moskva | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | -1 | 33 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan' | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 33 |
| 10 | Dinamo Moskva | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -7 | 32 |
| 11 | Arsenal Tula | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 31 |
| 12 | Sochi | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| 13 | Akhmat Grozny | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -12 | 30 |
| 14 | Tambov | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Krylya Sovetov | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -8 | 27 |
| 16 | Orenburg | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -22 | 23 |