Arsenal Tula

vs

FC Ural Yekaterinburg

Preview

Arsenal Tula

• Arsenal Tula are solid and enter Saturday's game after a mixed but sturdy run of 2 wins, 2 ties and 1 defeat from their last 5 matches.
• After a 0-0 tie away at Leningradets, they returned home to beat Rotor Volgograd 2-1.
• Rashid Magomedov has been the spark plug for the team since Dmitri Gunko took over as manager on 18 June 2025.
• Tula have won 3 and lost 1 of their 4 home games in the FNL 2026/2027, scoring 5 goals.

Ural

• FC Ural Yekaterinburg are 4th in FNL 2026/2027 with 14 points from 7 games, compared to Arsenal Tula's 11 from 7 in 9th.
• Sergey Yuran has done a good job since he took over as head coach on 12 June 2026.
• Ural are undefeated in 5 matches, with 3 wins and 2 ties.
• Ural are unbeaten in 3 away games, with 1 win and 2 ties, conceding just 1 goal.
• They followed up a 1-1 tie at Rotor Volgograd with a 2-0 home win over Tekstilshchik.
• Ural have a touch more of everything and look the more likely winners on the current odds.

Head-to-Head

• Ural have won the last 2 meetings.
• That included a 2-0 home success 5 months ago in FNL 2025/2026.

Key Players

• Martin Sekulic has 3 goals in the last 5 matches.
• Denis Bokov is on 3 in 6.

Betting Insights

• Under 2.5 goals at 1.67 fits the pattern for this matchup as both teams have been involved in several low-scoring games of late.
• Both teams to score - No at 1.8 is also the selection.
• Tula are 3.65 to win, Ural are 2.19, and the draw is 3.14.

Prediction

• Ural are the likelier winners on form and the head-to-head record, having won the last 2 meetings including a 2-0 win in FNL 2025/2026.
• Arsenal Tula remain dangerous and could cause problems, but Ural look the more consistent option for a tight, low-scoring game.