Match Report
13 points and 4 places separated them: Arsenal Tula 13th with 39, Sokol Saratov 17th with 26. Sokol Saratov had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall.
Sokol Saratov had lost four in a row.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 4 for Arsenal Tula, 1 for Sokol Saratov and 1 drawn, at 1.83 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 67% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over 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