TULA. Arsenal Tula and Khimki didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

The match was played at the Stadion Arsenal stadium in Tula on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Vladislav Bezborodov who was helped by Ilya Eleferenko and Anton Kobzev. The 4th official was Oleg Sokolov. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.5 degrees Celsius or 45.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Arsenal Tula was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Khimki that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Khimki was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Khimki to win the contest​.

Arsenal Tula shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Khimki shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Arsenal Tula received 3 yellow cards (K. Kangwa, I. Novoseltsev and Z. Davitashvili). On the opposite side, Khimki received 3 yellow cards (A. Filin, D. Tikhiy and K. Bozhenov).

Standings

After playing this match, Arsenal Tula will have 9 points to move up in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Khimki will have 8 points like Ufa to move up in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Arsenal Tula will host Zenit on the 16th of October with a 8-2 head to head statistic in favor of Zenit (2 draws).

Khimki will host Akhmat Grozny on the 17th of October with a 6-0 head to head record in favor of Akhmat Grozny (0 draws).

Arsenal Tula – Formation

Arsenal Tula started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Miodrag Božović decided to play with the following team: Anton Kochenkov (7.1), Igor Smolnikov (7.8), Ivan Novoseltsev (7.3), Maxim Belyaev (7.7), Danil Stepanov (6.7), Georgi Kostadinov (6.9), Daniil Khlusevich (6.5), Goran Čaušić (6.6), Kings Kangwa (6.9), Zuriko Davitashvili (7.3) and Evgeni Markov (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: M. Levashov, A. Sukhanov, Ayaz Guliev (6.6), A. Dovbnya, K. Panchenko, E. Shamov, Artem Sokol (6.6), U. Radaković and Alexandru Tudorie (6.8).

Arsenal Tula could not rely on the presence of A. Sokol (injured).

Substitutions

Arsenal Tula made 3 changes: K. Kangwa for A. Guliev (67′), E. Markov for A. Tudorie (67′) and G. Kostadinov for A. Sokol (73′).

Best player: Igor Smolnikov​

The player that probably impressed the most for Arsenal Tula was Igor Smolnikov.

His rating is (7.8) with 42 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Khimki – Formation

Khimki started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

On the opposite side, Igor Cherevchenko played with: Ilya Lantratov (7.2), Dmitri Tikhiy (7.2), Egor Danilkin (7.6), Oleksandr Filin (7.8), Kirill Bozhenov (6.6), Filip Dagerstål (7.0), Denis Glushakov (6.7), Bryan Idowu (7.1), Artem Sokolov (7.0), Kemal Ademi (6.3) and Reziuan Mirzov (6.5).

They had on the bench: M. Karpov, V. Sychev, Aleksandr Dolgov (6.5), Aleksandr Troshechkin (6.5), D. Stojinović, Elmir Nabiullin (6.3), E. Generalov, Ilya Kukharchuk (6.6), B. Šabović, I. Sadygov, D. Davidyan and I. Kamyshev.

Substitutions

Khimki made 4 changes: D. Glushakov for A. Troshechkin (46′), K. Ademi for A. Dolgov (46′), K. Bozhenov for E. Nabiullin (62′) and A. Sokolov for I. Kukharchuk (70′).

Best player: Oleksandr Filin​

The player that probably impressed the most for Khimki was Oleksandr Filin.

His rating is (7.8) with 80 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 14.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Rubin Kazan’ – Olimpiyets – 0-1
• CSKA Moskva – Krasnodar – 0-0
• Dinamo Moskva – Krylya Sovetov – 0-1
• Arsenal Tula – Khimki – 0-0