FIFA World Cup

Russia vs Egypt, 2018 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage

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  • 47': Ahmed Fathi (OG)
  • 59': Denis Cheryshev
  • 62': Artem Dzyuba
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3 - 1
  • 73': Mohamed Salah (P)

Russia inch closer to knockout stage with comfortable defeat of Egypt

Free-scoring Russia's World Cup dream continued with an emphatic 3-1 victory over Egypt in their second Group A match in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Foul by Ilya Kutepov (Russia).
  • 2': Marwan Mohsen (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Russia).
  • 4': Mohamed Abdul Shafy (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 5': Foul by Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt).
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Roman Zobnin (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 5': Corner,Russia. Conceded by Mohamed Elneny.
  • 6': Attempt saved. Sergey Ignashevich (Russia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt). Assisted by Aleksandr Samedov with a cross.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 7': Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 7': Foul by Ahmed Fathy (Egypt).
  • 8': Corner,Russia. Conceded by Marwan Mohsen.
  • 12': Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Russia).
  • 13': Attempt blocked. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandr Samedov.
  • 14': Corner,Egypt. Conceded by Yuri Zhirkov.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Marwan Mohsen (Egypt) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Abdalla El Said with a cross.
  • 15': Corner,Egypt. Conceded by Mário Fernandes.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Trézéguet (Egypt) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Abdalla El Said.
  • 17': Foul by Trézéguet (Egypt).
  • 17': Mário Fernandes (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 18': Denis Cheryshev (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 18': Foul by Marwan Mohsen (Egypt).
  • 19': Attempt missed. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Yuri Gazinskiy (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Trézéguet (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  • 30': Artem Dzyuba (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Mohamed Abdul Shafy (Egypt).
  • 34': Attempt missed. Marwan Mohsen (Egypt) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Abdul Shafy with a cross.
  • 34': Corner,Egypt. Conceded by Yuri Zhirkov.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Marwan Mohsen (Egypt) header from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Abdalla El Said with a cross following a corner.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Marwan Mohsen (Egypt) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ahmed Fathy with a cross.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yuri Gazinskiy.
  • 39': Foul by Marwan Mohsen (Egypt).
  • 39': Yuri Gazinskiy (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Corner,Russia. Conceded by Ahmed Fathy.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Artem Dzyuba (Russia) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Aleksandr Samedov with a cross following a corner.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 43': Corner,Russia. Conceded by Ahmed Fathy.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Russia 0, Egypt 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Russia 0, Egypt 0.
  • 46': Delay in match because of an injury Trézéguet (Egypt).
  • 46': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Roman Zobnin (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 47': Own Goal by Ahmed Fathy, Egypt. Russia 1, Egypt 0.
  • 52': Artem Dzyuba (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 52': Foul by Ali Gabr (Egypt).
  • 53': Corner,Russia. Conceded by Ali Gabr.
  • 54': Corner,Russia. Conceded by Abdalla El Said.
  • 55': Abdalla El Said (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Roman Zobnin (Russia).
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marwan Mohsen.
  • 56': Corner,Egypt. Conceded by Mário Fernandes.
  • 57': Foul by Trézéguet (Egypt).
  • 57': Yuri Gazinskiy (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Trézéguet (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 59': Goal! Russia 2, Egypt 0. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mário Fernandes.
  • 61': Aleksandr Samedov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Foul by Trézéguet (Egypt).
  • 62': Goal! Russia 3, Egypt 0. Artem Dzyuba (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ilya Kutepov following a set piece situation.
  • 63': Foul by Aleksandr Golovin (Russia).
  • 63': Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Ali Gabr (Egypt) header from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Elneny following a set piece situation.
  • 64': Substitution, Egypt. Amr Warda replaces Mohamed Elneny.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Trézéguet (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  • 68': Substitution, Egypt. Ramadan Sobhi replaces Trézéguet.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Abdalla El Said (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 71': Ahmed Fathy (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Russia).
  • 72': Penalty Egypt. Mohamed Salah draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 72': Penalty conceded by Roman Zobnin (Russia) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 73': Goal! Russia 3, Egypt 1. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 74': Substitution, Russia. Daler Kuzyaev replaces Denis Cheryshev.
  • 74': Aleksandr Samedov (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 74': Foul by Tarek Hamed (Egypt).
  • 75': Attempt saved. Sergey Ignashevich (Russia) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal by Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt). Assisted by Aleksandr Samedov with a cross.
  • 75': Hand ball by Aleksandr Samedov (Russia).
  • 79': Substitution, Russia. Fedor Smolov replaces Artem Dzyuba.
  • 82': Substitution, Egypt. Kahraba replaces Marwan Mohsen.
  • 84': Foul by Fedor Smolov (Russia).
  • 84': Ramadan Sobhi (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84': Fedor Smolov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 86': Substitution, Russia. Fedor Kudryashov replaces Yuri Zhirkov.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 89': Corner,Russia. Conceded by Ali Gabr.
  • 89': Foul by Aleksandr Samedov (Russia).
  • 89': Tarek Hamed (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Amr Warda (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+3': Amr Warda (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Fedor Kudryashov (Russia).
  • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Tarek Hamed (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdalla El Said.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Russia 3, Egypt 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Russia 3, Egypt 1.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
4 Corner Kicks 7
1 Saves 0
54 Possession 46
13 SHOTS 11
1 ON GOAL 3
0.1 On Target % 0.3
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
342 Accurate Passes 304
437 Passes 422
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
7 Accurate Crosses 6
21 Crosses 26
0.3 Cross % 0.2
68 Long Balls 64
29 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
4 Blocked Shots 2
12 Effective Tackles 13
15 Tackles 21
0.8 Tackle % 0.6
22 Interceptions 18
30 Effective Clearances 27
30 Clearances 27

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup

Venue: Gazprom Arena
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Attendance: 64,468

FIFA World Cup Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Mexico 0 0 0
2 South Africa 0 0 0
3 South Korea 0 0 0
4 Czechia 0 0 0
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Line-Ups

RUS Russia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Igor Akinfeev (GK)
4 Sergey Ignashevich
3 Ilya Kutepov
18 Yuri Zhirkov
2 Mário Fernandes
17 Aleksandr Golovin
11 Roman Zobnin
8 Iury Gazinsky
22 Artem Dzyuba
6 Denis Cheryshev
19 Aleksandr Samedov

EGY Egypt (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
23 Mohamed El Shenawy (GK)
6 Ahmed Hegazi
2 Ali Gabr
13 Mohamed Abdel-Shafy
7 Ahmed Fathi
19 Abdallah Said
8 Tarek Hamed
17 Mohamed Elneny
9 Marwan Mohsen
21 Trézéguet Yellow Card
10 Mohamed Salah

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