FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Russia DDDLL 3
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Malta DWWWD 1
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MLT011
Ta' Qali National Stadium · ESPN+

Match Report

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Russia break winless streak with 3-1 win over Malta

Russia beat Malta 3-1 on Wednesday, ending a six-match winless streak, to kick off their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
1
4
Saves
1
54.8
Possession
45.2
11
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
400
Accurate Passes
315
482
Passes
408
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
1
25
Crosses
8
0.3
Cross %
0.1
61
Long Balls
65
36
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
7
19
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
16
Interceptions
11
13
Effective Clearances
20
13
Clearances
20

Lineups

MLT · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Henry BonelloG
  2. 15Andrei AgiusCD
  3. 4Steve BorgCD-L
  4. 2Kurt ShawCD-R
  5. 6Matthew GuillaumierCM-L
  6. 19Bjorn KristensenCM-R
  7. 3Ryan CamenzuliLM
  8. 7Joseph MbongRM
  9. 14Luke MontebelloF
  10. 18Jurgen DegabrieleCF-L
  11. 17Teddy TeumaCF-R

RUS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Anton ShuninG
  2. 14Georgi DzhikiyaCD-L
  3. 5Andrei SemenovCD-R
  4. 4Vyacheslav KaravaevLB
  5. 2Mário FernandesRB
  6. 17Aleksandr GolovinAM
  7. 8Daniil FominLM
  8. 7Ilzat AkhmetovRM
  9. 22Artem DzyubaF
  10. 20Aleksei IonovAM-L
  11. 23Daler KuzyaevAM-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Malta 0, Russia 1. Artem Dzyuba (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniil Fomin.
  2. 35' Goal! Malta 0, Russia 2. Mario Fernandes (Russia) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
  3. 45' Substitution, Malta. Alexander Satariano replaces Luke Montebello.
  4. 45' Substitution, Malta. Paul Mbong replaces Jurgen Degabriele.
  5. 56' Goal! Malta 1, Russia 2. Joseph Mbong (Malta) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  6. 57' Substitution, Russia. Rifat Zhemaletdinov replaces Aleksey Ionov because of an injury.
  7. 57' Substitution, Russia. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Daniil Fomin.
  8. 62' Rifat Zhemaletdinov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Substitution, Malta. Stephen Pisani replaces Bjorn Kristensen.
  10. 78' Substitution, Russia. Andrey Mostovoy replaces Daler Kuzyaev.
  11. 83' Substitution, Russia. Alexander Sobolev replaces Artem Dzyuba.
  12. 86' Substitution, Malta. Juan Corbalan replaces Ryan Camenzuli.
  13. 88' Substitution, Malta. Kyrian Nwoko replaces Andrei Agius.
  14. 89' Goal! Malta 1, Russia 3. Alexander Sobolev (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk.
  15. 90'+2' Juan Corbalan (Malta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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