FIFA World Cup

FT Tuesday, June 19, 2018
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Gazprom Arena · 64,468 att. · FOX

Match Report

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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.

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Team Stats

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

Lineups

RUS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Igor AkinfeevG
  2. 4Sergey IgnashevichCD-L
  3. 3Ilya KutepovCD-R
  4. 18Yuri ZhirkovLB
  5. 2Mário FernandesRB
  6. 17Aleksandr GolovinAM
  7. 11Roman ZobninLM
  8. 8Iury GazinskyRM
  9. 22Artem DzyubaF
  10. 6Denis CheryshevAM-L
  11. 19Aleksandr SamedovAM-R

EGY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Mohamed El ShenawyG
  2. 6Ahmed HegaziCD-L
  3. 2Ali GabrCD-R
  4. 13Mohamed Abdel-ShafyLB
  5. 7Ahmed FathiRB
  6. 19Abdallah SaidAM
  7. 8Tarek HamedLM
  8. 17Mohamed ElnenyRM
  9. 9Marwan MohsenF
  10. 21TrézéguetAM-L
  11. 10Mohamed SalahAM-R

Timeline

  1. 47' Own Goal by Ahmed Fathy, Egypt. Russia 1, Egypt 0.
  2. 57' Trézéguet (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Goal! Russia 2, Egypt 0. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mário Fernandes.
  4. 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.
  5. 64' Substitution, Egypt. Amr Warda replaces Mohamed Elneny.
  6. 68' Substitution, Egypt. Ramadan Sobhi replaces Trézéguet.
  7. 72' VAR Decision: Penalty Egypt.
  8. 73' Goal! Russia 3, Egypt 1. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  9. 74' Substitution, Russia. Daler Kuzyaev replaces Denis Cheryshev.
  10. 79' Substitution, Russia. Fedor Smolov replaces Artem Dzyuba.
  11. 82' Substitution, Egypt. Kahraba replaces Marwan Mohsen.
  12. 84' Fedor Smolov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Substitution, Russia. Fedor Kudryashov replaces Yuri Zhirkov.

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