Arsenal Tula and SKA Khabarovsk played out a 2-2 draw in the First League's regular season on September 13, 2026. The match at the home stadium saw both sides trade blows until the final whistle. Stepan Glotov opened the scoring for the hosts before Rashid Magomedov levelled from the penalty spot.
And here's the thing about that first half — you could sense the tension building. Glotov's goal at twenty-six minutes gave Arsenal Tula the lead, but Magomedov's penalty at the thirty-ninth minute brought them level by half-time. To be fair, both teams looked dangerous on the counter-attack.
The second half opened with three substitutions for SKA Khabarovsk at the break. Tamarindo struck at the sixtieth minute to put the visitors ahead. By then, the momentum had shifted noticeably. The hosts pressed hard for an equalizer, and at ninety minutes, Mikheil Gorelishvili somehow found the net to rescue a point.
There were two yellow cards in the match — Daniil Shamkin for the hosts at fifty-eight minutes, and Nikita Motpan for SKA Khabarovsk at eighty-eight. Both managers made multiple changes, with Arsenal Tula bringing on Ilya Zhigulev and Stepan Glotov himself for Artem Biryukov at the interval.
The statistics tell a story of fairly even contest. Possession split 51-49 in favour of the home side. Both teams registered six shots on target, though SKA Khabarovsk attempted six off-target efforts compared to Arsenal Tula's two. They ran out of legs in those final ten minutes, you could tell.
The result leaves Arsenal Tula eleventh with twelve points from eleven games, while SKA Khabarovsk remain eighteenth with four points from ten matches. For the hosts, this extends their unbeaten run to three games after back-to-back defeats. The visitors take a point away from home, something they haven't managed in their last six league outings.
We had backed the home side to win with forty-four per cent confidence. Prediction didn't come off — SKA Khabarovsk's ability to turn it on in the final quarter of the match proved decisive. Sometimes the better team doesn't win, and this was one of those days.