Arsenal Tula

vs

Rodina Moscow

Preview

Arsenal Tula (home)

• Arsenal Tula have won three, drawn nine and lost four of their 16 home matches in FNL 2025/2026.
• Tula have failed to win any of their last five matches, drawing three and losing two, and they head into this match following consecutive home ties, the last of which was a 2-2 draw against mid-table FC Rotor Volgograd.
• They have kept it relatively tight at the back on home soil, conceding 20 goals in 16 matches, but Daniil Penchikov is their only real out-and-out threat up top.

Rodina Moscow (away)

• Rodina Moscow have won eight, drawn five and lost three of their 16 away matches in the FNL 2025/2026 season.
• Rodina have 65 points from 33 games in second-tier Russian football, while Tula have 39 and they have not been in good form of late.
• Rodina, by contrast, have won three of their last five, drawing one and losing one, and they will have been in positive spirits after beating mid-table Chernomorets Novorossiysk 3-1 on the road.
• Juan Diaz has been in charge of Rodina since September 2025 and has instilled a high-tempo, attacking style that has seen them rise to the top of the division.

Head-to-Head

Key Players

• Artem Maksimenko
  • Artem Maksimenko, who leads Rodina with 15 goals in 33 games, has been in particularly good form of late, scoring in two of Rodina’s last five games and providing many of their chances.
• Daniil Penchikov
  • He has scored five goals in 28 league appearances, but there isn’t much more to Arsenal Tula’s gameplan than getting the ball to the big man and hoping something happens.

Betting Insights

• Backing them to do so again looks good and we also predict both teams will score, taking the odds of 1.94.
• Rodina may be the better team, but it is unlikely to be a high-scoring match and we are taking Under 2.5 goals at 1.64 to come with the result.

Prediction