Match Report
13 points and 4 places separated them: Arsenal Tula 13th with 39, Sokol Saratov 17th with 26. Sokol Saratov ranked 2nd in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position.
Sokol Saratov had been beaten in four straight games.
6 meetings are on record — 4 won by Arsenal Tula, 1 by Sokol Saratov, 1 drawn, at 1.83 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. Historically tight: 33% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Goal scorers
Arsenal Tula: I. Gorbunov (14'), Ilya Azyavin (16'), Ilya Azyavin (49') · Sokol Saratov: V. Shpitalny (10')
Key stats
Possession: Arsenal Tula 53% · Sokol Saratov 47% · Total shots: 13-6 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 2-3