- Team form: Torpedo Moskva are unbeaten in their last 5 matches (W4, D1) in all competitions.
- Recent results: Arsenal Tula have lost their last 2 consecutive games, losing 0-1 at home to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and 5-0 away to PFK Sochi.
- Away record: Torpedo Moskva have won 1 of their 1 away trip in FNL 2026/2027, keeping a shutout on the road.
Torpedo Moskva are a tidy away-day team in FNL 2026/2027
Torpedo Moskva are a useful away-day proposition in FNL 2026/2027, having notched up 1 win and kept a shutout from their single trip so far in the competition. Aleksandr Storozhuk has made a fine start to the season, keeping his side on an attacking, positional course and not compromising the club's structured, controlled build-up and pressing game.
Torpedo Moskva's 1-0 win at FC Ural Yekaterinburg and 3-1 victory over Volga Ulyanovsk at home have been followed up by a decent 1-1 draw at YFK Shinnik Yaroslav. The Moscow outfit have averaged 1.00 goal scored and 0.00 conceded away from home, a tidy blueprint for an away-day performance that we feel Arsenal Tula will have a hard time breaking. Torpedo Moskva's Aleksandr Yushin is their main scoring threat with 2 goals in 2 appearances in FNL 2026/2027 – 2 of his side's 6 goals this season.
Cagey clash likely
Form and threats
Arsenal Tula's Kirill Gotsuk has also registered 1 goal in 3 appearances in the second-tier, but he remains their most likely to create a scoring chance on Sunday. Arsenal are in poor form, having failed to win their last 2 home games against Torpedo Moskva, so the visitors will arrive with a little psychological edge.
- Torpedo Moskva are 4th in FNL 2026/2027 with 7 points from 3 games, while Arsenal Tula are 14th with 3 points from 3.
- Dmitri Gunko's side have won 1 and lost 1 of their 2 home games in the league, so the turf isn't exactly a fortress for the Tula-based club.
- Arsenal have tried to play a possession-first, vertical game through the center this season, but they still need more of a cutting edge in the final third.
Odds and predictions
The odds are slightly against the visitors in this one, with Arsenal Tula 2.48, Torpedo Moskva 2.99 and a draw 3.22. But we'll take the better bet on Torpedo, who have been in better form, especially on the road, and who can avoid defeat, if not nick the game.
Under 2.5 goals at 1.65 fits the tactical mirror for this game, which looks cagey and chessy, but both teams to score at 1.82 has a bite in a matchup where both sides will be looking to pin each other back and create through the middle.
