Арсенал Тула – КАМАЗ

Arsenal Tula host KamAZ on 24 October with a clear gap between them. After 13 rounds Arsenal were 10th on 16 points, while KamAZ were 16th on 10. Arsenal won 3-2 at home to Spartak Kostroma in their last league game, where Daniil Plotnikov made three assists, the club's first hat-trick of assists in 18 years. Rashid Magomedov leads their scoring with four goals, and Timur Melekestsev has three. KamAZ drew 3-3 at SKA-Khabarovsk in round 13, scoring three away but also conceding three. Both sides have a game first on 17 October, Arsenal at Ufa and KamAZ at home to Neftekhimik. Of the eight previous meetings, Arsenal have won five, KamAZ two, with one draw. Our prediction: 2-1