On Sunday Dec 5th, Khimki and Arsenal Tula will play a match in Khimki in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only -6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Khimki recorded a 3-3 draw against Krasnodar. Claesson struck first for Krasnodar in the 6th minute on a feed from Jhon Córdoba, then Elmir Nabiullin tied it up for Khimki in the 54th minute . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while 13th placed Arsenal Tula is fresh off their 3-1 win against Locomotiv Moscow. Daniil Khlusevich struck first for Arsenal Tula in the 17th minute on a feed from Kings Kangwa, then Evgeni Markov added another in the 40th minute on a feed from Kings Kangwa. Arsenal Tula is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On Oct 2nd, Arsenal Tula hosted Khimki at the Stadion Arsenal in their last match together. Arsenal Tula and Khimki battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Arsenal Tula nor Khimki could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Arsenal Tula’s most prolific scorer has been Daniil Khlusevich. The Russian midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Khimki hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Kemal Ademi and Aleksandr Dolgov, and they each have 1 goal.