Match Report
The table gap was wide: 15 points between Spartak Moskva (9th, 38 pts) and Arsenal Tula (16th, 23 pts). Against a league average of 1.33 goals per team per game, Spartak Moskva ran at 1.23 scored and 1.37 conceded, Arsenal Tula at 1 and 1.97.
Spartak Moskva carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 8 consecutive games. A win had eluded Arsenal Tula for 7 matches. Spartak Moskva had banked 11 of the last 15 points on offer; Arsenal Tula, 2.
Otkrytiye Arena in Moskva, capacity 16,500, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-0 full-time score.




