Arsenal Tula stops Zenit with a 0-0 draw

Zenit and Arsenal Tula ended up goalless.

March 20, 2022

Zenit didn’t concede much to Arsenal Tula to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Saturday. Zenit was truly better in terms of ball possession (70%).

In front of 31,427 spectators. The referee was Sergey Karasev assisted by Aram Petrosyan and Maksim Kovalev. The 4th official was Artur Fedorov.

Match Statistics

Zenit

3 - 0

Arsenal Tula

! 70 Ball Possession 30

Shots

22 Total 6
9 On Target 0
8 Off Target 4
5 Shots blocked 2

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 1

Fouls

11 Total 20
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Ball possession

Zenit had a superior ball possession 70% while Arsenal Tula was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Zenit was more pushing with 0 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 9 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Zenit to win the match.

Zenit shot 22 times, 9 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Arsenal Tula shot 6 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Zenit didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Arsenal Tula received 3 yellow cards (A. Sokol, D. Despotovic and I. Smolnikov).

Match Timeline

33'

38'

41'

44'

55'

62'

Sergey Tkachev- sub ->A. Guliev

62'

67'

72'

Nuraly Alip- sub ->A. Mostovoy

77'

88'

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Ufa

After this match, Zenit will have 48 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, Arsenal Tula will have 20 points like Ural to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Zenit will play away with Spartak Moskva on the 15th of May with a 17-11 head to head record in favor of Zenit (13 draws).

Arsenal Tula will host Ural on the 21st of May with a 6-3 head to head stats in favor of Ural (7 draws).

Zenit – Formation

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

The manager Sergei Semak decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Zenit made 5 changes: I. Sergeev for A. Dzyuba (62′), D. Kuzyayev for Yuri Alberto (62′), A. Mostovoy for N. Alip (77′), W. Barrios for A. Adamov (88′) and Malcom for M. Ozdoev (88′).

Arsenal Tula – Formation

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

Miodrag Božović played with: .

Substitutions

Arsenal Tula made 4 changes: A. Guliev for S. Tkachev (62′), Z. Davitashvili for E. Markov (62′), E. Kangwa for D. Stepanov (67′) and K. Kangwa for G. Kostadinov (72′).