FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Thursday, November 11, 2021
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Russia DWWWW 6
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Match Report

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Rampant Russia crush Cyprus in World Cup qualifier

Five second-half goals helped Russia to rout Cyprus 6-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday and widen their lead in Group H.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
3
6
Saves
1
39
Possession
61
7
SHOTS
22
1
ON GOAL
13
0.1
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
256
Accurate Passes
460
346
Passes
550
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
59
23
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
4
Effective Tackles
9
10
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
10
17
Effective Clearances
7
17
Clearances
7

Head to Head

RUS leads series 4-0

Lineups

RUS · 4-3-3

  1. 12Matvei SafonovG
  2. 5Maksim OsipenkoCD-L
  3. 3Igor DiveevCD-R
  4. 23Sergei TerekhovLB
  5. 18Alex SutorminRB
  6. 8Daniil FominCM
  7. 17Aleksandr GolovinLM
  8. 21Aleksandr ErokhinRM
  9. 9Fedor SmolovF
  10. 22Andrei MostovoyLF
  11. 15Alexey MiranchukRF

CYP · 3-4-3

  1. 12Dimitris DimitriouG
  2. 16Costas SoteriouCD
  3. 19Konstantinos LaifisCD-L
  4. 2Andreas KaroCD-R
  5. 20Grigoris KastanosCM-L
  6. 18Kostakis ArtymatasCM-R
  7. 4Nicholas IoannouLM
  8. 6Paris PsaltisRM
  9. 10Pieros SoteriouF
  10. 15Fotis PapoulisCF-L
  11. 21Marinos TzionisCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Russia 1, Cyprus 0. Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fedor Smolov.
  2. 45' Substitution, Cyprus. Marios Demetriou replaces Paris Psaltis.
  3. 55' Goal! Russia 2, Cyprus 0. Fedor Smolov (Russia) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk.
  4. 56' Goal! Russia 3, Cyprus 0. Andrey Mostovoy (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin.
  5. 57' Substitution, Russia. Anton Zabolotny replaces Fedor Smolov.
  6. 57' Substitution, Russia. Roman Zobnin replaces Aleksandr Golovin.
  7. 62' Goal! Russia 4, Cyprus 0. Aleksey Sutormin (Russia) header from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  8. 67' Substitution, Russia. Danil Glebov replaces Daniil Fomin.
  9. 67' Substitution, Russia. Dmitriy Chistyakov replaces Igor Diveev.
  10. 68' Substitution, Cyprus. Rafail Mamas replaces Marinos Tzionis.
  11. 72' Substitution, Russia. Aleksey Ionov replaces Andrey Mostovoy.
  12. 74' Substitution, Cyprus. Andronikos Kakoullis replaces Pieros Sotiriou.
  13. 81' Goal! Russia 5, Cyprus 0. Anton Zabolotny (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleksey Ionov.
  14. 83' Substitution, Cyprus. Matija Spoljaric replaces Fotios Papoulis.
  15. 83' Substitution, Cyprus. Marios Antoniadis replaces Grigoris Kastanos.
  16. 87' Goal! Russia 6, Cyprus 0. Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anton Zabolotny.

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