FIFA World Cup

FT Thursday, June 14, 2018
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Russia DLLLD 5
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Luzhniki Stadium · 78,011 att. · FOX

Match Report

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Russia ease to victory in World Cup opener against Saudi Arabia

Hosts Russia got their World Cup off to a dream start with a thumping 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in Moscow.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
22
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
0
59
Possession
41
6
SHOTS
13
0
ON GOAL
7
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
452
Accurate Passes
250
558
Passes
343
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
3
6
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.2
91
Long Balls
64
42
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
4
19
Effective Tackles
15
25
Tackles
24
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
13
21
Effective Clearances
15
21
Clearances
15

Lineups

RUS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Igor AkinfeevG
  2. 4Sergey IgnashevichCD-L
  3. 3Ilya KutepovCD-R
  4. 18Yuri ZhirkovLB
  5. 2Mário FernandesRB
  6. 9Alan DzagoevAM
  7. 11Roman ZobninLM
  8. 8Iury GazinskyRM
  9. 10Fedor SmolovF
  10. 17Aleksandr GolovinAM-L
  11. 19Aleksandr SamedovAM-R

KSA · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Abdullah Al-MayoufG
  2. 5Omar OthmanCD-L
  3. 3Osama HawsawiCD-R
  4. 14Abdullah OtayfDM
  5. 13Yasser Al-ShahraniLB
  6. 6Mohammed Al-BuraykRB
  7. 7Salman Al-FarajCM-L
  8. 17Taisir Al-JassimCM-R
  9. 18Salem Al-DawsariLM
  10. 8Yahya AlshehriRM
  11. 10Mohammed Al-SahlawiF

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Russia 1, Saudi Arabia 0. Yuri Gazinskiy (Russia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin with a cross following a corner.
  2. 24' Substitution, Russia. Denis Cheryshev replaces Alan Dzagoev because of an injury.
  3. 43' Goal! Russia 2, Saudi Arabia 0. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Roman Zobnin.
  4. 64' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Fahad Al Muwallad replaces Abdullah Otayf.
  5. 64' Substitution, Russia. Daler Kuzyaev replaces Aleksandr Samedov.
  6. 70' Substitution, Russia. Artem Dzyuba replaces Fedor Smolov.
  7. 71' Goal! Russia 3, Saudi Arabia 0. Artem Dzyuba (Russia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin with a cross.
  8. 72' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Hatan Bahbri replaces Yahia Al Shehri.
  9. 85' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Muhannad Abu Radiyah replaces Mohammed Al-Sahlawi.
  10. 88' Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90'+1' Goal! Russia 4, Saudi Arabia 0. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba with a headed pass.
  12. 90'+3' Taiseer Al Jassam (Saudi Arabia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+4' Goal! Russia 5, Saudi Arabia 0. Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

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