Soccer betting preview: Arsenal Tula welcomes Ufa in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Fri 14.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Arsenal (20074 seats)

It's game two of the Premier League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Arsenal Tula-Ufa!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

These teams have little in common geographically as Ufa have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Arsenal Tula form and stats

A Premier League draw at home so far for Arsenal Tula. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats from 15 matches.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. S. Tkachev was the last player to find the net. Nothing to worry about in defence for Arsenal Tula, as their goalkeeper Egor Shamov has completely shut out the opponents for 232 minutes in the Premier League.

The spoils were shared in Arsenal's previous game, also at home. Visiting Akhmat Grozny (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Ufa the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Arsenal have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost one.

Arsenal Tula are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Krasnodar awaits in four days.

At Stadion Arsenal, Arsenal Tula has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

Last season, Arsenal Tula's league statistics were 11 wins, 5 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season Arsenal Tula managed 4-3-8 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 24 conceded.

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Ufa form and stats

Ufa have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 321 minutes ago. D. Fomin was the goal scorer.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Krasnodar with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Arsenal Tula.

Ufa goalkeeper Aleksandr Belenov had a great day against Krasnodar, but despite making eight saves the loss could not be avoided.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ufa playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were two Ufa wins, five draws and two defeats.

Let's have a look at how Ufa performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 14 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 8 and lost 4 with 7/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Arsenal victories, two draws and four Ufa wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Arsenal Tula missing players

Ufa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arsenal Tula Ufa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
4 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 6 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 5
1 1 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Arsenal Tula Last season Ufa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
11 4   Won W   3 8
5 3   Drew D   8 14
14 8   Lost L   4 8
37 21   Scored S   7 22
41 24   Conceded C   11 24
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   53% 70%
70% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   33% 47%
50% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   20% 23%
27% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 7%
13% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
60% 73%   BTTS BTTS   20% 37%
23% 13%   Clean Sheets C S   60% 47%
20% 13%   Failed to Score F T   67% 47%
 
4.4 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 4.1
4.7 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.2
2.9 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.3
2 0   Red cards R C   0 2
 
401 243   Total Shots T S   139 332
120 75   Shots on Target S O   44 109
31% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   16% 20%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Dinamo Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Zenit 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Rostov 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Sochi 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Spartak Moskva 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Arsenal Tula 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Tambov 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Khimki 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
13 Rotor Volgograd 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
14 Rubin Kazan' 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Ural 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Ufa 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season 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 30 22 6 2 65 18 15 10 5 0 37 9 15 12 1 2 28 9 47 72
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 16 9 5 41 29 15 7 5 3 19 14 15 9 4 2 22 15 12 57
3 Krasnodar 30 14 10 6 49 30 15 8 5 2 28 14 15 6 5 4 21 16 19 52
4 CSKA Moskva 30 14 8 8 43 29 15 7 4 4 17 14 15 7 4 4 26 15 14 50
5 Rostov 30 12 9 9 45 50 15 8 3 4 24 18 15 4 6 5 21 32 -5 45
6 Dinamo Moskva 30 11 8 11 27 30 15 4 4 7 12 15 15 7 4 4 15 15 -3 41
7 Spartak Moskva 30 11 6 13 35 33 15 4 4 7 14 16 15 7 2 6 21 17 2 39
8 Ufa 30 8 14 8 22 24 15 5 6 4 15 13 15 3 8 4 7 11 -2 38
9 Arsenal Tula 30 11 5 14 37 41 15 4 3 8 21 24 15 7 2 6 16 17 -4 38
10 Rubin Kazan' 30 8 11 11 18 28 15 5 3 7 8 13 15 3 8 4 10 15 -10 35
11 Ural 30 9 8 13 36 53 15 5 2 8 22 28 15 4 6 5 14 25 -17 35
12 Sochi 30 8 9 13 40 39 15 6 3 6 28 16 15 2 6 7 12 23 1 33
13 Tambov 30 9 4 17 37 41 15 6 1 8 21 17 15 3 3 9 16 24 -4 31
14 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 7 15 33 40 15 3 5 7 16 18 15 5 2 8 17 22 -7 31
15 Akhmat Grozny 30 7 10 13 27 46 15 2 8 5 13 21 15 5 2 8 14 25 -19 31
16 Orenburg 30 7 6 17 28 52 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 4 2 9 15 27 -24 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Dinamo Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Zenit 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Rostov 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Sochi 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Spartak Moskva 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Arsenal Tula 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Tambov 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Khimki 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
13 Rotor Volgograd 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
14 Rubin Kazan' 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Ural 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Ufa 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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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.