Match Report
The table gap was wide: 29 points between Rodina Moskva (1st, 68 pts) and Arsenal Tula (13th, 39 pts). Arsenal Tula's recent output lagged their position: 17th on form over five rounds while 13th in the table. Per game in the league, Arsenal Tula were scoring 1.24 and conceding 1.29, Rodina Moskva 1.71 and 0.82, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
Arsenal Tula had gone 7 games without a win. Over the last five, Arsenal Tula had taken 3 of 15 points to Rodina Moskva's 10.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 1 Arsenal Tula win, 3 for Rodina Moskva, 4 draws, at 2.25 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 13% of meetings won. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 25% of the meetings.
Stadion Arsenal staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,074. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Rodina Moskva led 3-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-4.
Goal scorers
Arsenal Tula: M. Maksimov (51') · Rodina Moskva: Artem Maksimenko (19'), Artem Maksimenko (41'), Ivan Timoshenko (15'), Soltmurad Bakaev (49')
Key stats
Possession: Arsenal Tula 50% · Rodina Moskva 50% · Total shots: 5-9 · On target: 3-7 · Corners: 3-7