Arsenal Tula is located currently in the 14th position of the ranking of the Premier League with 9 points accumulated in 13 matches of the championship.
The hosts are in a continuous drop shape, with two consecutive defeats in the league. They lost 0-2 in front of Ufa and 4-1 on the field at FK Rostov last round.
F. Brown is the team’s leading scorer in the championship, it has two successful, so far.
Igor Shevchenko and Andrey Gorbanets will miss the hosts because of medical problems addressed.
On the other side, CSKA Moscow ranks 4th the Russian first league standings, the team managed to collect 22 points after 13 rounds.
Guests undergoing a very difficult being without a win in the last five official matches. Previous round, CSKA drew at home 2-2 in front of Amkar. In UEFA Champions League, Muscovites have suffered a defeat on the ground in Monaco, 3-0.
L. Finn Ivorian Traore and R. Eremenko are the best team in the Premier League scorers, both of them having three goals in 13 matches.
Guests can not rely on Roman Eremenko (suspended) and Ilya Pomazun (injured).
Probable team Arsenal Tula: Levashov – Ershov, Belyaev Vergara Gorbatyuk, Khagush – Forbes Gorbatenko, Steklov, Burmistrov – Maksimovic
Probable team CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev – Nabakhin, Berezutski, Ignashevich, Schennikov – Wermbloom, Natkho – Tosic, Milanov, Ionov – Traore
