Arsenal Tula
- Arsenal Tula are winless in their last two home games.
- Dmitri Gunko, who took over as Arsenal Tula manager in June 2025, has deployed a back-three formation with wing-back overloads, vertical progressions and selective pressing.
- Arsenal, however, play a much more structured game and look to build up their play in a controlled way, whilst picking their moments to press.
- Arsenal have won three, drawn eight and lost four of 15 at home this FNL season, averaging 1.27 goals scored per home game and 1.20 conceded, so this looks likely to be a tight game.
Rotor Volgograd
- Said Aliev, Rotor’s talisman who has scored 12 goals in 31 appearances, has netted four of his side’s last ten.
- Rotor’s style is much more attacking, direct and pressing than Tula’s, although this hasn’t come together as a viable formula until recently under the guidance of Valery Burlachenko, who took over as Volgograd manager in November 2025.
- Rotor are now unbeaten in five, have won four of those and drawn one.
- Rotor, meanwhile, have won their only recent away game in this five-game run and have been much better on the road than at home this season, with four wins, seven draws and four losses in 15 away games.
- With the visitors averaging 1.13 goals per game away from home and conceding exactly 1 per game, they are a very solid side on the road.
- Rotor have managed to keep three straight clean sheets, including a 2-0 win over Rodina and a 1-0 win over Sokol Saratov in their most recent road game.
Head-to-Head
In the two prior head-to-head encounters in FNL 2025/2026 , Arsenal Tula have won once, Rotor Volgograd haven’t and there has been one draw.
Key Players
Said Aliev , Rotor’s talisman who has scored 12 goals in 31 appearances, has netted four of his side’s last ten, while Daniil Penchikov has been the best Tula player in recent weeks with five goals in 26 FNL 2025/2026 appearances.
Betting Insights
- With the visitors averaging 1.13 goals per game away from home and conceding exactly 1 per game, they are a very solid side on the road.
- Rotor have managed to keep three straight clean sheets, including a 2-0 win over Rodina and a 1-0 win over Sokol Saratov in their most recent road game.
- With Arsenal failing to win their two most recent home games, we feel that the odds for Rotor’s victory are very good at 3.09, whilst Under 2.5 goals at 1.55 and Both Teams to Score - No at 1.72 are our picks for the game.
Prediction
- This is a clash of styles, but we feel that this fixture is a little bigger than that for these sides, who both have goals to achieve in the final months of the season.
- This should play into Rotor’s hands, as Burlachenko’s men will try to press Arsenal out of their comfort zone and try to force mistakes.
