Arsenal Tula vs Zenit St Petersburg Live Stream, Predictions

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Arsenal Tula

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Arsenal Tula will play in this fixture following on from a 0-0 Premier League tied result versus FC Khimki.

In that game, Arsenal Tula managed 46% possession and 16 shots at goal with 3 on target. At the other end, FC Khimki had 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Arsenal Tula have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Arsenal Tula have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 9 goals in the process.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Arsenal Tula:

• have left without a victory over Zenit St Petersburg in games played at home for the previous 2 league games.
• have not registered a win against Zenit St Petersburg in their last 4 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 3 matches in the league.

Zenit St Petersburg

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Sochi in Premier League action, Zenit St Petersburg will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Zenit St Petersburg had 53% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Zenit St Petersburg was Artyom Dzyuba (45'). At the other end, Sochi got 17 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Mateo Cassierra (67') and Sergei Terekhov (71') scored for Sochi.

The stats tell the story, and Zenit St Petersburg have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 6 goals overall. At the back, Zenit St Petersburg have seen their frailties exposed. That sort of trend isn’t assured to follow through here, though.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 04/08/2018 shows that Arsenal Tula have won 1 of these & Zenit St Petersburg 4, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

A combined total of 16 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 6 of them from Pryaniki and 10 netted by Sine-Belo-Golubye. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 16 on 28/11/2020 and the score finished Arsenal Tula 0-0 Zenit St Petersburg.

The referee was Yevgeni Kukulyak.

ℹ️ Team News: Arsenal Tula

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the Arsenal Tula manager Miodrag Božović to contend with from a near full-strength squad. Georgi Kostadinov (Cheekbone surgery) won’t play. Ivan Novoseltsev cannot play in this game through suspension.

🗞️ Team News: Zenit St Petersburg

Due to a completely injury-free squad ready to go, the Zenit St Petersburg manager Sergei Semak has zero fitness worries to speak of coming into this match.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, Arsenal Tula should get enough chances to breach the defence of this Zenit St Petersburg team, but one goal probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid a loss.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning score for Zenit St Petersburg by the conclusion of the game. Should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 00:03 12/10/2021