FIFA Confederations Cup

FT Saturday, June 17, 2017
New Zealand DWWLL 0
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Russia WLDWD 2
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NZL000
RUS112
Gazprom Arena · 50,251 att.

Match Report

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Russia dominate New Zealand in Confederations Cup opener

Russia kicked off their Confederations Cup Group A campaign in style as they cruised to a 2-0 victory over New Zealand in St Petersburg.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
6
2
Corner Kicks
12
7
Saves
3
40.7
Possession
59.3
10
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
168
Accurate Passes
291
287
Passes
404
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
10
8
Crosses
25
0.3
Cross %
0.4
69
Long Balls
82
31
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
13
16
Tackles
18
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
15
22
Clearances
15

Lineups

RUS · 5-3-2

  1. 1Igor AkinfeevG
  2. 5Viktor VasinCD
  3. 13Fedor KudryashovCD-L
  4. 6Georgi DzhikiyaCD-R
  5. 18Yuri ZhirkovLB
  6. 19Aleksandr SamedovRB
  7. 8Denis GlushakovCM
  8. 17Aleksandr GolovinCM-L
  9. 21Aleksandr ErokhinCM-R
  10. 7Dmitriy PolozCF-L
  11. 9Fedor SmolovCF-R

NZL · 5-3-2

  1. 1Stefan MarinovicG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 20Tommy SmithCD-L
  4. 5Michael BoxallCD-R
  5. 3Deklan WynneLB
  6. 18Kip ColveyRB
  7. 11Marco RojasCM
  8. 14Ryan ThomasCM-L
  9. 8Michael McGlincheyCM-R
  10. 9Chris WoodCF-L
  11. 7Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

Timeline

  1. 31' Own Goal by Michael Boxall, New Zealand. Russia 1, New Zealand 0.
  2. 61' Substitution, New Zealand. Bill Poni Tuiloma replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
  3. 64' Substitution, Russia. Aleksandr Bukharov replaces Dmitriy Poloz.
  4. 69' Goal! Russia 2, New Zealand 0. Fedor Smolov (Russia) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  5. 71' Substitution, New Zealand. Shane Smeltz replaces Marco Rojas.
  6. 77' Substitution, Russia. Dmitriy Tarasov replaces Aleksandr Erokhin.
  7. 83' Substitution, New Zealand. Monty Patterson replaces Kip Colvey.
  8. 90' Substitution, Russia. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Fedor Smolov.

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