Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Veles & Arsenal Tula face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Veles nor Arsenal Tula as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Veles form and stats
Veles was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Russian Cup.Veles have played 9 FNL games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Veles to get some points in this home game.
In their previous game, the manager A. Kulikov led his Veles to a defeat in the FNL match away at Baltika. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Avangard. Heartbreak for Veles in their last match as Baltika's A. Meshchaninov scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Before that game, the home loss against Torpedo Moskva with the scoreline 3-5.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Veles, as the FNL home game vs Fakel is only three days away.
The Veles fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Arsenal Tula form and stats
Arsenal's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Arsenal Tula have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-0-5 (6 played). Arsenal has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Arsenal Tula play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Rostov. Arsenal lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Goran Čaušić got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Čaušić hit one key pass and had 42 successful passes (of 49 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Zenit in the Premier League.A quick return to home after this game, as Arsenal are hosting Sochi in the Premier League only four days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Arsenal have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Arsenal are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 7 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Galoyan 5 goals | A. Batsuev 3 goals | V. Kabakhidze 3 goals |
Veles missing players
Arsenal Tula missing players
| Veles | Arsenal Tula | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 46 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 24% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Orenburg | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moskva | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Neftekhimik | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Fakel | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | SKA Khabarovsk | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Akron | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Baltika | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | KAMAZ | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Veles | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Spartak Moskva II | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 12 | Tom' Tomsk | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Dolgie Prudy | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 15 | Yenisey | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Krasnodar II | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 17 | Urozhay | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Tekstilshchik | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 28 | -28 | 15 |
| 20 | Volgar Astrakhan | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 12 |
| 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 | Dinamo Moskva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | Sochi | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Rostov | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Akhmat Grozny | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Ufa | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Ural | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 9 |