FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo host Arsenal Tula in Russian Cup Round 4, a meeting of two sides whose recent matches have come in the Football National League. CheckLive has no favourite in this one, so the honest reading is that it is too close to call, with a draw well within the range of outcomes.
Tekstilshchik have had an uneven recent run: a 1-0 win over KAMAZ, 0-0 draws with Veles Moscow and Enisey Krasnoyarsk, and losses to Ural Yekaterinburg and Pari Nizhny Novgorod. Arsenal Tula have been harder to beat, with a 2-1 win over Rotor Volgograd, draws with Ural Yekaterinburg, Leningradets and Shinnik Yaroslavl, and their only defeat coming at Veles Moscow.
The only previous meeting is a recent one from the league: Arsenal Tula won 2-1 in July 2026. That gives the visitors a slight head-to-head edge, but it is still just a single result. With no clear favourite, the key is whether Tekstilshchik can recover from conceding three against Pari Nizhny Novgorod, or whether Arsenal Tula's habit of drawing games carries into the cup.
