As part of one of the matches of the Russian Football Championship, the players of Nizhny Novgorod and Arsenal Tula will come face to face. Which of the rivals will get the victory in this confrontation? Our sports portal gives a forecast for this game.
"Nizhny Novgorod"
The Nizhny Novgorod team had quite a solid start in the Russian championship. The team of Alexander Kerzhakov is currently in sixth place in the standings. The team of the hosts is separated from the European Cup zone by only two points, which can be won back today. In the last round, Nizhny Novgorod beat Dynamo Moscow with a score of 2:1, which allowed it not to lose in the second round in a row, showing very decent quality football.
Arsenal Tula
The Tula team is failing the start of this season, but is doing everything to get out of the situation. Recently, the management of the" Pushkars "appointed Miodrag Bozhovich as the head coach of the team, hoping that an experienced specialist will be able to bring the "Pushkars" out of the crisis. So far, it turns out not bad, because under the new head coach, the Gunners were able to immediately take away points from CSKA, having painted a draw on their own field with a powerful opponent. Thus, Tula remains in the relegation zone, but lags behind the 14th line only in additional indicators.
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Disqualifications:
- Masoero (red card) – Nizhny Novgorod,
- Injuries:
- Guliyev (injury), Lutsenko (injury), Radakovich (injury), Smolnikov (injury) – all Arsenal Tula.
Statistics and figures:
- Nizhny Novgorod is the favorite of the meeting;
- The hosts have 2 wins in 5 meetings;
- Nizhny Novgorod scored at least a goal in each of the previous 8 matches;
- Tulyaks do not know victories for 4 games;
- "Pushkari" scored in each of the 5 previous matches;
- The rivals have not previously crossed paths in full-time matches.
Forecast
The opponents have a whole series of matches in which they scored against their opponents on a regular basis. With a high degree of probability, they will be able to score in the face-to-face meeting, once again proving the assumption about their good attack, but relatively weak defense.