Rostov favourites for feisty fight facing Arsenal Tula

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Rostov Arena

A demanding season for Rostov so far, and the same description fits Arsenal Tula. These hardened teams would trade their mothers for some important points here.

Insights:
  • Rostov have the most conceded goals (23) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Premier League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Rostov form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Rostov, who have the most conceded goals (23) in Premier League, have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 5 games.

Rostov faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sochi (2-3). Defender Bastos got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.0/10. Bastos scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 8 of 14 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Lokomotiv Moskva and winning 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rostov 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, zero draws and four defeats.

Rostov are traveling soon after this match as the Russian Cup match at Torpedo Moskva awaits in three days.

Rostov are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. Rostov have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Arsenal Tula form and stats

1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Arsenal Tula, who have the most conceded goals (12) away in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Arsenal are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Premier League against Zenit (placed 1st). Arsenal goalie Anton Kochenkov was high and low in the Zenit game, contributing eight saves towards the victory. Anton Kochenkov was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.31. The agile goalkeeper Kochenkov stopped the opponent with eight saves.

A draw for Arsenal before that, at their own venue hosting Khimki (0-0).

We have checked recent matches where Arsenal have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were two victories, zero draws and one defeat.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Russian Cup trip to Veles.

The visiting Arsenal Tula have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Arsenal have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Rostov wins - draws - Arsenal Tula wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RostovD. Poloz
D. Poloz
3 goals
RostovN. Komlichenko
N. Komlichenko
3 goals
RostovD. Glebov
D. Glebov
2 goals

Rostov missing players

Arsenal Tula missing players

Rostov Arsenal Tula
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 5 11
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
6 4 1 Lost L 2 4 5
15 5 1 Scored S 1 7 14
23 12 2 Conceded C 4 12 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
64% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 73%
36% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 36%
27% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 18%
91% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 73%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
9% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 27%
 
3.7 2.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5 4.3
4.5 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 7.4 6.7
2.3 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.8 11.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.8 10.3
4.1 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.8 3.5
33% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 50% 36%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Arsenal Tula's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Rostov's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 the most conceded goals (12) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rostov have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Rostov have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Rostov have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
  • Rostov have the fewest points (1) at home in Premier League
  • Rostov have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Premier League
  • Rostov have the most conceded goals (23) in Premier League
  • Rostov have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
  • Rostov have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
  • Rostov have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Premier League
  • Rostov have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Rostov have yet to win a game at home.
  • Rostov 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 11 7 2 2 23 14 5 4 0 1 10 6 6 3 2 1 13 8 9 23
2 Sochi 11 7 0 4 17 12 5 4 0 1 11 4 6 3 0 3 6 8 5 21
3 Dinamo Moskva 11 6 2 3 16 11 5 2 1 2 6 5 6 4 1 1 10 6 5 20
4 Lokomotiv Moskva 11 4 6 1 15 10 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 1 5 0 6 5 5 18
5 Krasnodar 10 5 2 3 17 9 4 3 0 1 8 3 6 2 2 2 9 6 8 17
6 CSKA Moskva 10 5 2 3 13 8 5 3 1 1 5 2 5 2 1 2 8 6 5 17
7 Spartak Moskva 11 5 2 4 13 10 6 3 1 2 10 7 5 2 1 2 3 3 3 17
8 Rubin Kazan 11 4 3 4 15 13 7 3 2 2 11 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 15
9 Olimpiyets 10 4 2 4 12 13 5 1 0 4 5 9 5 3 2 0 7 4 -1 14
10 Krylya Sovetov 10 4 1 5 12 13 4 2 0 2 6 5 6 2 1 3 6 8 -1 13
11 Akhmat Grozny 10 4 0 6 11 16 5 2 0 3 5 7 5 2 0 3 6 9 -5 12
12 Arsenal Tula 11 3 3 5 14 20 6 2 3 1 7 8 5 1 0 4 7 12 -6 12
13 Rostov 11 2 3 6 15 23 5 0 1 4 5 12 6 2 2 2 10 11 -8 9
14 Ural 10 2 3 5 5 13 6 1 3 2 4 6 4 1 0 3 1 7 -8 9
15 Ufa 10 2 2 6 11 17 6 1 2 3 8 10 4 1 0 3 3 7 -6 8
16 Khimki 10 1 5 4 8 15 5 0 4 1 4 6 5 1 1 3 4 9 -7 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.