Tekstilshchik beat Arsenal Tula 1:0 in the Cup's Regions Path quarter-finals on Tuesday. The result secures their progression to the next stage while ending Arsenal Tula's campaign.
Abdullo Dzhebov struck in the forty-seventh minute to break the deadlock. By then the hosts had already made a substitute, bringing on Aleksey Nikitenkov. It was enough to settle the contest, though Arsenal Tula pushed on.
They dominated possession at 51 per cent and created more opportunities on target. Arsenal Tula had four shots on target against Tekstilshchik's three, yet only converted one. The visitors also won five corners to four, but Tekstilshchik ran out of legs in the final third.
And here's the thing — we had given Arsenal Tula the edge before kick-off. Our prediction leaned toward their victory with forty per cent confidence, but the match went another way. Tekstilshchik were not out of sight by half-time, and they made the difference when it mattered.
Both sides picked up bookings along the way. Daniil Plotnikov went into the book in the sixty-second minute, while Arsenal Tula saw Arseniy Filev and Nikita Razdorskikh cautioned together in the eighty-second.
The win extends Tekstilshchik's unbeaten run to two games after a string of defeats. Arsenal Tula, meanwhile, have not won since their victory over Rotor Volgograd on August twentieth.
