Arsenal Tula expected to fight losing battle when facing Zenit

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)

Zenit - Arsenal Tula. 1st place welcomes 13th place. Everything can happen - get a broad match preview here!

Insights:
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (50) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (43) in Premier League

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

This should be an intriguing match with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Zenit form and stats

9-1-1 is the performance here so far in the Premier League, giving Zenit a total of 28 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results! Zenit haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Arsenal Tula, 154 days ago.

Zenit shared the glory with Krylya Sovetov in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfielder Claudinho was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.75 (out of ten) in that game. Claudinho hit four key passes and had 63 successful passes (of 74 total).

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Ufa.

Everyone expects Zenit to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found seven games: seven home wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Zenit have won with at least two goals margin five times in similar situations.

Zenit's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Arsenal Tula form and stats

There's been little loot from Arsenal Tula's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the Premier League. Arsenal Tula only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.

Arsenal Tula's previous game was their home loss versus Dinamo Moskva (1-4). The attacker Despotović got a match rating of 7.3 in that game. Despotović served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 2-2 draw at Krylya Sovetov's stadium before that.

Arsenal Tula are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Arsenal are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 12 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams met each other earlier this campaign: Arsenal Tula - Zenit 2-1. Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Zenit won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Arsenal Tula got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

ZenitA. Dzyuba
A. Dzyuba
10 goals
ZenitC. Rodrigues Parise Leonel
C. Rodrigues Parise Leonel
7 goals
ZenitA. Erokhin
A. Erokhin
6 goals

Zenit missing players

Arsenal Tula missing players

Zenit Arsenal Tula
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 4 11 21
13 9 2 Won W 0 2 5
6 1 1 Drew D 0 1 5
2 1 0 Lost L 4 8 11
50 33 9 Scored S 3 12 24
23 13 3 Conceded C 12 28 43
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
90% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
62% 82% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 73% 71%
48% 64% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 55% 43%
29% 45% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 27% 19%
81% 82% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 67%
19% 18% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 33%
 
5.4 6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5 4.5
3.6 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.8 6.1
1.7 1.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.9
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
16.6 17.6 19.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.1 10
6 6.4 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.3 3.7
40% 47% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 33% 31%
 
11.7 12.5 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 17.2 16.6 16
3.8 3.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.7 5.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Arsenal Tula's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 the most conceded goals (28) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (43) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zenit have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Zenit have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Zenit have scored more than double the goals of Arsenal Tula.
  • Zenit have the most points (28) at home in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (33) at home in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (50) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Premier League
  • Zenit have the the best goal difference (+27) in Premier League
  • Zenit haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 21 13 6 2 50 23 11 9 1 1 33 13 10 4 5 1 17 10 27 45
2 Dinamo Moskva 21 13 3 5 40 23 11 6 2 3 19 10 10 7 1 2 21 13 17 42
3 CSKA Moskva 21 12 3 6 26 17 10 6 2 2 11 5 11 6 1 4 15 12 9 39
4 Sochi 21 12 2 7 33 21 10 7 0 3 22 9 11 5 2 4 11 12 12 38
5 Krasnodar 20 10 5 5 33 20 9 5 2 2 13 7 11 5 3 3 20 13 13 35
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 20 8 7 5 28 23 11 6 1 4 18 13 9 2 6 1 10 10 5 31
7 Akhmat Grozny 21 10 1 10 27 27 11 7 0 4 18 12 10 3 1 6 9 15 0 31
8 Krylya Sovetov 20 8 5 7 25 21 11 5 3 3 17 10 9 3 2 4 8 11 4 29
9 Spartak Moskva 21 7 5 9 23 30 11 4 3 4 15 14 10 3 2 5 8 16 -7 26
10 Rubin Kazan 20 7 4 9 27 31 9 4 2 3 14 11 11 3 2 6 13 20 -4 25
11 FK Nizjni Novgorod 21 6 5 10 19 31 10 3 1 6 10 16 11 3 4 4 9 15 -12 23
12 Ural 21 4 8 9 13 21 10 1 6 3 5 8 11 3 2 6 8 13 -8 20
13 Arsenal Tula 21 5 5 11 24 43 10 3 4 3 12 15 11 2 1 8 12 28 -19 20
14 Rostov 19 4 6 9 30 36 10 2 2 6 17 20 9 2 4 3 13 16 -6 18
15 Ufa 21 3 8 10 18 30 10 2 5 3 11 12 11 1 3 7 7 18 -12 17
16 Khimki 21 2 9 10 18 37 11 1 7 3 10 14 10 1 2 7 8 23 -19 15

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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.