Match preview: Arsenal Tula vs. Shinnik Yaroslavl
Venue
Arsenals Stadium, Tula
Date and time
Sunday, September 11, 2022, 14:00 (MSK)
Team news
Arsenal Tula
Arsenal Tula will be without the suspended Aleksandr Lomovitskiy and the injured Ilya Kamyshev.
Godoy, Gorbunov, and Khagush are all carrying knocks and may miss out.
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Shinnik Yaroslavl have no fresh injury concerns, but Adil Musayev remains a long-term absentee.
Yegor Danilkin and Musaev are both one booking away from a suspension.
Predicted line-ups
Arsenal Tula
Kovardac; Bauer, Belyaev, Lomovitskiy, Poluyakhtov; Kanunikov, Khlusevich, Gorbunov, Taskin; Despotovich, Lomovitskiy.
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Belov; Kochnev, Karabanov, Barkov, Sazonov; Kamyshev, Yakovlev, Gorbatyuk, Tikhonov; Khvastunov, Hockaday.
Preview
Arsenal Tula and Shinnik Yaroslavl will face off in the Russian Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
The hosts are looking to bounce back from a 2-1 defeat to Spartak Moscow last time out, while Shinnik Yaroslavl will be aiming to build on their 1-0 win over Ural Yekaterinburg.
Arsenal Tula have had a mixed start to the season, winning two, drawing one, and losing two of their opening five games.
They currently sit in 10th place in the table, five points behind leaders Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Shinnik Yaroslavl, meanwhile, have made a solid start to their campaign, winning two, drawing one, and losing one of their first four games.
They currently sit in seventh place in the table, four points behind Arsenal Tula.
The match is expected to be a close encounter, with both teams evenly matched.
Arsenal Tula will be slight favorites, but Shinnik Yaroslavl will be no pushovers.
Prediction
Arsenal Tula 1-1 Shinnik Yaroslavl
