ST. PETERSBURG. Russia demolishes Cyprus 6-0 with goals of A. Erokhin (4′), F. Smolov (55′), A. Mostovoy (56′), A. Sutormin (62′), A. Zabolotnyi (82′) and A. Erokhin (87′). Russia was surely better in terms of ball possession (61%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Saint Petersburg Stadium stadium in St. Petersburg on Thursday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Stefanski with the help of Dawid Igor Golis and Michal Obukowicz. The 4th official was Damian Sylwestrzak. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.6 degrees Celsius or 79.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Russia was in firm control of the ball 61% while Cyprus was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Russia was has a more offensive attitude with 36 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Russia won the match.
Russia shot 22 times, 13 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cyprus shot 7 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Russia didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Cyprus didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After playing this match, Russia will have 22 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Cyprus will stay with 5 points like Malta to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Russia will play away with Croatia on the 14th of November with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Croatia (3 draws).
Cyprus will play away agasint Slovenia on the 14th of November with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Slovenia (0 draws).
Russia – Formation
Russia
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Russia started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Valeriy Karpin decided to play with the following team: Matvey Safonov , Aleksei Sutormin , Igor Diveev , Maksim Osipenko , Sergey Terekhov , Aleksandr Erokhin , Daniil Fomin , Aleksandr Golovin , Aleksei Miranchuk , Fedor Smolov and Andrey Mostovoy .
The home team had on the bench: Georgiy Dzhikiya, Aleksey Ionov , Anton Zabolotnyi , Zelimkhan Bakaev, Nikita Haikin, Guilherme Marinato, Dmitriy Barinov, Roman Zobnin , Vyacheslav Karavaev, Ivan Sergeev, Dmitri Chistyakov and Daniil Glebov .
Substitutions
Russia made 5 changes: F. Smolov for A. Zabolotnyi (57′), A. Golovin for R. Zobnin (57′), D. Fomin for D. Glebov (67′), I. Diveyev for D. Chistyakov (67′) and A. Mostovoy for A. Ionov (72′).
Best player: Aleksandr Erokhin
The player that probably impressed the most for Russia was Aleksandr Erokhin.
His rating is with 2 goals, 31 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He hit the woodwork once times.
Cyprus – Formation
Cyprus
Cyprus started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Nikolaos ‘Nikos’ Kostenoglou played with: Dimitris Dimitriou , Andreas Karo , Costas Soteriou , Konstantinos Laifis , Paris Psaltis , Kostakis Artymatas , Grigoris Kastanos , Nicholas Ioannou , Marinos Tzionis , Pieros Sotiriou and Fotis Papoulis .
These were the players on the bench: Neofytos Michael, Marios Ilia, Ioakeim Toumpas, Marios Antoniadis , Georgios Efrem, Matija Špoljarić , Andreas Avraam, Marios Dimitriou , Rafail Mamas , Andronikos Kakoullis and Stelios Andreou.
Substitutions
Cyprus made 5 changes: P. Psaltis for M. Dimitriou (46′), M. Tzionis for R. Mamas (68′), P. Sotiriou for A. Kakoulis (74′), G. Kastanos for M. Antoniadis (83′) and F. Papoulis for M. Spoljaric (83′).
Best player: Marinos Tzionis
The most impressive player for Cyprus was Marinos Tzionis.
His rating is with 8 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Azerbaijan – Luxembourg – 1-3
- Russia – Cyprus – 6-0
- Armenia – North Macedonia – 0-5
- Georgia – Sweden – 2-0
- Republic of Ireland – Portugal – 0-0
- Malta – Croatia – 1-7
- Slovakia – Slovenia – 2-2
- Germany – Liechtenstein – 9-0
- Romania – Iceland – 0-0
- Greece – Spain – 0-1
