Premier League match prediction and preview for Khimki vs Arsenal Tula clash

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Fri 11.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Khimki (30457 seats)

Khimki are welcoming Arsenal Tula for another important game after their 2-2 result against 3rd-placed CSKA Moskva.

Insights:
  • Khimki haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Arsenal Tula has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Premier League

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!

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Khimki form and stats

3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Khimki so far this season. Khimki has recorded two wins in a row here at Arena Khimki, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Khimki manager I. Cherevchenko and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus CSKA Moskva (placed 3rd) in the Premier League. Before that, Khimki had a home game versus Krasnodar which ended with a victory 1-0.

Khimki's goalie Ilya Lantratov played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against CSKA Moskva with a stunning nine saves.

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 Khimki have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost two.

Khimki has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Khimki's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Arsenal Tula form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Arsenal Tula, who have the fewest points (1) away in Premier League, so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-7 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Arsenal Tula, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Arsenal are looking to quickly end their 355 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.

Arsenal lost away at Dinamo Moskva (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A draw for Arsenal before that, at their own venue hosting Zenit (0-0).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Arsenal Tula playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were five Arsenal wins, four draws and four defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arsenal Tula as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. For Arsenal Tula, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Khimki and Arsenal Tula have met before this season: Arsenal Tula - Khimki 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

KhimkiR. Mirzov
R. Mirzov
4 goals
KhimkiA. Koryan
A. Koryan
3 goals
Arsenal TulaE. Kangwa
E. Kangwa
3 goals

Khimki missing players

Arsenal Tula missing players

Khimki Arsenal Tula
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 1 8 17
5 3 0 Won W 0 0 3
4 1 1 Drew D 1 1 5
8 4 0 Lost L 0 7 9
20 8 1 Scored S 1 5 17
28 10 1 Conceded C 1 18 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
82% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
41% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 41%
24% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 35%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 24%
59% 38% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 59%
24% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 24%
18% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.6 3.6 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.1 3.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12.4 15.1 18 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12.1 13.5
4.5 5.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.5 3.6
26% 20% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 18% 27%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Arsenal Tula has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula has the fewest points (1) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula has the the worst goal difference (-13) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Arsenal Tula have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Arsenal Tula have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arsenal Tula have yet to win a game away.
  • Arsenal Tula haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Khimki 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 17 10 5 2 37 13 8 7 0 1 27 8 9 3 5 1 10 5 24 35
2 Spartak Moskva 17 10 5 2 32 17 9 5 3 1 17 8 8 5 2 1 15 9 15 35
3 CSKA Moskva 17 10 3 4 30 14 9 5 2 2 19 10 8 5 1 2 11 4 16 33
4 Dinamo Moskva 17 9 3 5 23 16 9 7 1 1 15 3 8 2 2 4 8 13 7 30
5 Rostov 17 9 2 6 22 17 8 4 1 3 11 6 9 5 1 3 11 11 5 29
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 17 8 4 5 19 17 9 6 1 2 12 7 8 2 3 3 7 10 2 28
7 Akhmat Grozny 16 7 4 5 19 18 8 4 2 2 12 8 8 3 2 3 7 10 1 25
8 Krasnodar 17 7 3 7 29 19 8 5 2 1 21 8 9 2 1 6 8 11 10 24
9 Sochi 16 6 6 4 23 22 7 3 4 0 12 8 9 3 2 4 11 14 1 24
10 Rubin Kazan 17 7 3 7 23 25 9 3 3 3 11 11 8 4 0 4 12 14 -2 24
11 Ural 17 4 7 6 13 20 9 3 4 2 9 9 8 1 3 4 4 11 -7 19
12 Khimki 17 5 4 8 20 28 8 3 1 4 8 10 9 2 3 4 12 18 -8 19
13 Arsenal Tula 17 3 5 9 17 28 9 3 4 2 12 10 8 0 1 7 5 18 -11 14
14 Ufa 17 3 4 10 14 29 9 1 3 5 8 11 8 2 1 5 6 18 -15 13
15 Tambov 17 3 3 11 12 27 8 2 1 5 5 8 9 1 2 6 7 19 -15 12
16 Rotor Volgograd 17 1 5 11 7 30 8 0 1 7 2 14 9 1 4 4 5 16 -23 8

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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.