In this week 26 match on Apr 24th, Rubin Kazan’ will play host to Arsenal Tula in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 12th placed Rubin Kazan’, recorded a 1-1 draw against Spartak Moscow. Vladislav Ignatjev scored the first goal for Rubin Kazan’ in the 30th minute, but Aleksandr Sobolev got the equalizer for Spartak Moscow in the 69th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Spartak Moscow. Rubin Kazan’ looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, Arsenal Tula recorded a 1-2 loss against Rostov. Nikolay Komlichenko scored the first goal for Rostov in the 10th minute, then Igor Smolnikov tied it up for Arsenal Tula in the 44th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadion Arsenal, Rubin Kazan’ won by a score of 3 to 0. Hwang In-Beom struck first for Rubin Kazan’ in the 12th minute on a feed from Đorđe Despotović, then Đorđe Despotović added another in the 37th minute on a penalty At the end of 90 a dissapointed Arsenal Tula couldn’t manage to score, and Rubin Kazan’ took the shutout win.
Arsenal Tula hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Evans Kangwa and Igor Smolnikov, and they each have 1 goal. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Konstantin Kuchaev are the top scorers for Rubin Kazan’ in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.