Premier League duel: Close contest expected between Ufa and Arsenal Tula

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Date: Sat 20.April
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Neftyanik (15234 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadion Neftyanik haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Ufa languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Arsenal Tula will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Ufa form and stats

Ufa have played 12 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-6 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Stadion Neftyanik after sharing the points with Yenisey on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 0-0. Before that, Ufa had a home game versus Rostov which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Ufa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ufa as a small favourite), we find five games. Ufa has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

There will be little rest for Ufa after this match as they are travelling to Rubin Kazan for a Premier League game in only four days.

Ufa aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Neftyanik with only 10 goals from 12 games. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Arsenal Tula form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Arsenal Tula so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Arsenal Tula's last game was the home draw against Ural (0-0). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Rubin Kazan.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 37 similar matches played by Arsenal Tula in our archives, and the results are: 9 wins for Arsenal Tula, 5 draws and 23 defeats.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 11 away games, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Arsenal Tula have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Ufa and Arsenal Tula have met before this season: Arsenal Tula - Ufa 1-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 4 Ufa victories, 1 draw and 2 Arsenal Tula wins.

Top Goalscorers

S. Igboun
6 goals / 2 assists
Z. Bakaev
5 goals
L. Đorđević
5 goals / 4 assists

Ufa missing players

Arsenal Tula missing players

Ufa Arsenal Tula
Total Home Statistic Away Total
23 12 Played 11 23
17 10 Scored 6 28
25 12 Conceded 16 25
78% 83% Over 0.5 73% 78%
61% 58% Over 1.5 55% 65%
39% 42% Over 2.5 45% 43%
4% 0% Over 3.5 18% 30%
0% 0% Over 4.5 9% 9%
39% 25% Both teams to score 27% 35%
35% 42% Clean Sheet 36% 43%
48% 50% Failed To Score 64% 43%
 
4.6 5.2 Corners For (avg) 3.4 4
5.2 4.9 Corners Against (avg) 5.5 4.5
2.5 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.6 2.3
2 1 Red Cards (total) 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Arsenal Tula is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Ufa is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Zenit 23 15 3 5 40 21 11 9 1 1 26 9 12 6 2 4 14 12 19 48
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 23 12 6 5 33 21 11 6 4 1 17 10 12 6 2 4 16 11 12 42
3 Krasnodar 23 12 6 5 41 18 12 7 3 2 24 8 11 5 3 3 17 10 23 42
4 CSKA Moskva 23 11 7 5 33 15 11 5 2 4 20 11 12 6 5 1 13 4 18 40
5 Spartak Moskva 23 10 6 7 29 24 12 5 2 5 15 15 11 5 4 2 14 9 5 36
6 Rostov 23 9 8 6 21 15 12 5 5 2 11 5 11 4 3 4 10 10 6 35
7 Orenburg 23 9 5 9 28 27 11 5 2 4 10 9 12 4 3 5 18 18 1 32
8 Arsenal Tula 23 8 8 7 28 25 12 6 5 1 22 9 11 2 3 6 6 16 3 32
9 Rubin Kazan' 23 6 12 5 19 21 12 5 5 2 10 8 11 1 7 3 9 13 -2 30
10 Akhmat Grozny 23 8 6 9 22 26 11 3 5 3 10 12 12 5 1 6 12 14 -4 30
11 Krylya Sovetov 23 8 3 12 20 29 12 5 1 6 9 11 11 3 2 6 11 18 -9 27
12 Ural 23 7 6 10 23 35 12 4 4 4 14 14 11 3 2 6 9 21 -12 27
13 Dinamo Moskva 23 5 10 8 20 19 11 4 3 4 13 7 12 1 7 4 7 12 1 25
14 Ufa 23 4 9 10 17 25 12 4 2 6 10 12 11 0 7 4 7 13 -8 21
15 Anzhi 23 5 4 14 11 40 11 2 3 6 7 20 12 3 1 8 4 20 -29 19
16 Yenisey 23 2 7 14 15 39 11 1 6 4 8 14 12 1 1 10 7 25 -24 13