UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, September 5, 2015
Sweden LWWDW 0
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Russia LWDWL 1
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Match Report

Leonid Slutski wins debut as Russia coach in victory over Sweden

Russia beat Sweden 1-0 in Moscow to give new coach Leonid Slutski a winning start and breathed new hope into their Euro 2016 Group G campaign.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
6
50
Possession
50
7
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
6
0.7
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
3
Accurate Crosses
3
7
Crosses
9
0.4
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
3
Clearances
5

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-2

Lineups

RUS

  1. 1Igor AkinfeevG
  2. 19Igor SmolnikovD
  3. 4Sergey IgnashevichD
  4. 14Vasili BerezutskiD
  5. 18Yuri ZhirkovD
  6. 7Igor DenisovM
  7. 10Alan DzagoevM
  8. 15Roman ShirokovM
  9. 17Oleg ShatovM
  10. 9Aleksandr KokorinF
  11. 22Artem DzjubaF

SWE

  1. 1Andreas IsakssonG
  2. 2Pierre BengtssonD
  3. 3Mikael AntonssonD
  4. 4Martin OlssonD
  5. 5Andreas GranqvistD
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonM
  7. 6Emil ForsbergM
  8. 8Albin EkdalM
  9. 16Pontus WernbloomM
  10. 21Jimmy DurmazM
  11. 10Zlatan IbrahimovicF

Timeline

  1. 34' Alan Dzagoev is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 38' Goal!! Artem Dzjuba hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Russia now leads 1 - 0
  3. 46' Sweden makes a sub: Ola Toivonen enters for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Reason: Tactical
  4. 52' Pontus Wernbloom is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 60' Sweden makes a sub: Marcus Berg enters for Pierre Bengtsson. Reason: Tactical
  6. 71' Russia makes a sub: Oleg Kuzmin enters for Yury Zhirkov. Reason: Tactical
  7. 79' Russia makes a sub: Aleksei Ionov enters for Artem Dzjuba. Reason: Tactical
  8. 82' Sweden makes a sub: Isaac Kiese Thelin enters for Albin Ekdal. Reason: Tactical
  9. 82' Oleg Kuzmin is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 84' Russia makes a sub: Alexei Berezutsky enters for Roman Shirokov. Reason: Tactical
  11. 90' Emil Forsberg is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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