Open game expected at Ekaterinburg Arena: Ural vs Arsenal Tula preview

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Mon 27.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ekaterinburg Arena

Fixate on their own game or focus more on the opponent? Both Ural and Arsenal Tula must try something else than earlier this season. Read more!

Insights:
  • Ural have the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Premier League

These are active days for the host team, as they played only four days ago in the Russian Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Torpedo Vladimir.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Ural form and stats

Ural, who have the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League, have collected 3 points from their Premier League home games so far after 0-3-2. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Ural are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 189 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by A. Maksimenko).

Ural are returning here after visiting Torpedo Vladimir in a Russian Cup game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. A. Egorychev and A. Panyukov scored the goal(s).

Before that, Ural drew at home versus Lokomotiv Moskva.

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 Ural have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn three and lost three.

Ural have scored 2 goals here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. On the other hand, Ural have conceded 6 goals.

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Arsenal Tula form and stats

1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Arsenal Tula, who have the most conceded goals (10) away in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

It's the second away game in a row for Arsenal Tula, but there's smiles all around after the 6-1 victory versus Dinamo Bryansk in the Russian Cup last time out. As mentioned above, Arsenal was the only team on the pitch versus Dinamo Bryansk in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Olimpiyets at their stadium, the result 3-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Arsenal in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Arsenal Tula, four draws and six defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Arsenal Tula's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Arsenal concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Ural won three games, five matches ended in a draw and Arsenal Tula managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Arsenal TulaG. Čaušić
G. Čaušić
2 goals
Arsenal TulaD. Khlusevich
D. Khlusevich
2 goals
Arsenal TulaE. Lutsenko
E. Lutsenko
2 goals

Ural missing players

Arsenal Tula missing players

Ural Arsenal Tula
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 5 1 Played P 1 4 8
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
3 3 1 Drew D 0 0 2
5 2 0 Lost L 1 3 4
2 2 1 Scored S 1 7 12
13 6 1 Conceded C 2 10 17
88% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 88%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 75% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 88%
12% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
75% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
3.4 3.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.5 4.2
5.8 6.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 7.8 7.1
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.1 6 3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.5 10.2
2.4 2.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.9
11% 18% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 54% 39%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Arsenal Tula's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Arsenal Tula have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Arsenal Tula have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arsenal Tula have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Arsenal Tula have scored more than double the goals of Ural.
  • Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (10) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ural have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ural have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premier League
  • Ural have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Premier League
  • Ural have the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League
  • Ural have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Premier League
  • Ural have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Premier League
  • Ural have yet to win a game.
  • Ural is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 8 6 2 0 19 9 3 3 0 0 7 3 5 3 2 0 12 6 10 20
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 8 4 4 0 12 6 4 3 1 0 8 3 4 1 3 0 4 3 6 16
3 Dinamo Moskva 8 5 1 2 12 8 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 4 0 1 8 4 4 16
4 Sochi 8 5 0 3 12 6 4 3 0 1 8 2 4 2 0 2 4 4 6 15
5 Rubin Kazan 8 4 2 2 13 8 5 3 1 1 9 5 3 1 1 1 4 3 5 14
6 Krasnodar 8 4 1 3 14 9 3 2 0 1 5 3 5 2 1 2 9 6 5 13
7 CSKA Moskva 8 4 1 3 11 8 4 3 0 1 5 2 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 13
8 Olimpiyets 8 3 2 3 11 11 4 1 0 3 5 7 4 2 2 0 6 4 0 11
9 Spartak Moskva 8 3 1 4 8 8 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 1 1 2 2 3 0 10
10 Krylya Sovetov 8 3 1 4 10 11 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 1 1 2 4 6 -1 10
11 Akhmat Grozny 8 3 0 5 9 14 4 2 0 2 5 6 4 1 0 3 4 8 -5 9
12 Ufa 8 2 2 4 11 14 5 1 2 2 8 9 3 1 0 2 3 5 -3 8
13 Arsenal Tula 8 2 2 4 12 17 4 1 2 1 5 7 4 1 0 3 7 10 -5 8
14 Rostov 8 1 3 4 10 17 4 0 1 3 4 10 4 1 2 1 6 7 -7 6
15 Khimki 8 1 3 4 8 15 4 0 3 1 4 6 4 1 0 3 4 9 -7 6
16 Ural 8 0 3 5 2 13 5 0 3 2 2 6 3 0 0 3 0 7 -11 3

Read more about Premier League

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.