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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2022 - Round 6 - Group H

Otkrytie Arena - Moscow - Russia

September 07, 2021

Russia

2 - 0

Malta

Fedor Smolov

10'

(penalty) Zelimkhan Bakaev

84'

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10' - Goal Fedor Smolov10

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46' - Substitution Aleksandr Erokhinis substituted by Roman Zobnin photo Zelimkhan Bakaev

46' - Substitution Arsen Zakharyanis substituted by Zelimkhan Bakaev46

50' - Yellow card Aleksey Miranchuk50

58' - Substitution Aleksey Miranchukis substituted by Ilia Samoshnikov58

66' - Substitution Jurgen Pisaniis substituted by Tristan Caruana photo Alexander Satariano

66' - Substitution Luke Montebellois substituted by Alexander Satariano

68' - Yellow card Steve Borg

71' - Substitution Fedor Smolovis substituted by Anton Zabolotnyi71

75' - Substitution Cain Attardis substituted by Shaun Dimech

79' - Substitution Aleksey Ionovis substituted by Rifat Zhemaletdinov79

83' - Yellow card Ryan Camenzuli

84' - Goal Zelimkhan Bakaev84

86' - Substitution Andrei Agiusis substituted by Kurt Shaw photo Nikolai Muscat

86' - Substitution Teddy Teumais substituted by Nikolai Muscat

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Team line-ups

Russia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Smolov1071

Fedor Smolov

Russia

B.date09/02/1990

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

17Zakharyan46

Arsen Zakharyan

Russia

B.date26/05/2003

Age18 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

20Ionov79

Aleksey Ionov

Russia

B.date18/02/1989

Age32 years

H1m77

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

15Miranchuk5850

Aleksey Miranchuk

Russia

B.date17/10/1995

Age25 years

H1m77

positionOffensive Midfielder

21Erokhin46

Aleksandr Erokhin

Russia

B.date13/10/1989

Age31 years

H1m92

positionCentre Midfield

8Barinov

Dmitriy Barinov

Russia

B.date11/09/1996

Age24 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

4Karavaev

Vyacheslav Karavaev

Russia

B.date20/05/1995

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

5Osipenko

Maxim Osipenko

Russia

B.date16/05/1994

Age27 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

3Diveev

Igor Diveev

Russia

B.date27/09/1999

Age21 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

23Kuzyaev

Daler Kuzyaev

Russia

B.date05/01/1993

Age28 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

1Guilherme

Guilherme

Russia

B.date12/12/1985

Age35 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Guilherme		35	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Maxim Osipenko		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Igor Diveev		21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Vyacheslav Karavaev		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Daler Kuzyaev		28	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Dmitriy Barinov		24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Aleksandr Erokhin	46	31	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Arsen Zakharyan	46	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Aleksey Ionov	79	32	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Aleksey Miranchuk	5850	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Fedor Smolov	1071	31	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Malta

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Montebello66

Luke Montebello

Malta

B.date13/08/1995

Age26 years

H1m89

positionCentre forward

11Paul Mbong

Paul Mbong

Malta

B.date02/09/2001

Age20 years

positionCentre forward

7J. Mbong

Joseph Mbong

Malta

B.date15/07/1997

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

17Teuma86

Teddy Teuma

Malta

B.date30/09/1993

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft central midfielder

10Pisani66

Jurgen Pisani

Malta

B.date03/09/1992

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

3Camenzuli83

Ryan Camenzuli

Malta

B.date08/09/1994

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

18Attard75

Cain Attard

Malta

B.date10/09/1994

Age26 years

H1m77

positionDefender

4Borg68

Steve Borg

Malta

B.date15/05/1988

Age33 years

positionCentral defender

5Agius86

Andrei Agius

Malta

B.date12/08/1986

Age35 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

22Zach Muscat

Zach Muscat

Malta

B.date22/08/1993

Age28 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

1Bonello

Henry Bonello

Malta

B.date13/10/1989

Age31 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Henry Bonello		31	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Cain Attard	75	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Andrei Agius	86	35	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Zach Muscat		28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Steve Borg	68	33	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Jurgen Pisani	66	29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Teddy Teuma	86	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ryan Camenzuli	83	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Luke Montebello	66	26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Joseph Mbong		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Paul Mbong		20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Andrey Lunev		29
12	G	Aleksandr Maksimenko		23
14	D	Georgiy Jikia		27
13	D	Ilia Samoshnikov	58	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Zelimkhan Bakaev	8446	25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Roman Zobnin	46	27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Aleksey Sutormin		27
6	M	Denis Cheryshev		30
2	M	Maxim Mukhin		19
19	F	Rifat Zhemaletdinov	79	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Anton Zabolotnyi	71	30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Konstantin Tyukavin		19

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Jake Galea		25
12	G	Matthew Grech		25
2	D	Kurt Shaw	86	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Karl Micallef		24
20	D	Dexter Xuereb		23
23	M	Tristan Caruana	66	29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Nikolai Muscat	86	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Jake Grech		23
14	M	Yannick Yankam		23
21	M	Shaun Dimech	75	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Alexander Satariano	66	19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Juan Corbolan		24

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Maxim Osipenko

Georgiy Jikia

OUT

Aleksey Ionov

Denis Cheryshev

OUT

Arsen Zakharyan

Aleksandr Golovin

OUT

Daler Kuzyaev

Ilia Samoshnikov

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrei Agius

Enrico Pepe

OUT

Jurgen Pisani

Tristan Caruana

OUT

Ryan Camenzuli

Juan Corbolan

OUT

Paul Mbong

Shaun Dimech

OUT

Luke Montebello

Alexander Satariano

OUT

Steve Borg

Kurt Shaw

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Valeriy Karpin

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Karpin vs Malta

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 07, 2021

Karpin vs Mangia

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 07, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Devis Mangia

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Mangia vs Russia

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 07, 2021

Mangia vs Karpin

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 07, 2021

Referee

Ali Palabiyik

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Russia1 match	General total	Malta2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Russia1 match	Season total	Malta1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 07, 2021					Latest figure on September 07, 2021

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Key figures

It's the first time Fedor Smolov scores 1 goal vs Malta in his professional career

It's the first time Fedor Smolov scores a goal in his professional career with Russia since the 08/06/2019 (with Russia vs San Marino )

Aleksey Miranchuk played his game number 300 in his professional career

Read the next 1 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Croatia	13 pts	6 rd
-1	2	Russia	13 pts	6 rd
+1	3	Slovakia	9 pts	6 rd
-1	4	Slovenia	7 pts	6 rd
	5	Malta	4 pts	6 rd

General ranking

-1	2	Russia	13 pts	6 rd
+1	3	Slovakia	9 pts	6 rd
-1	4	Slovenia	7 pts	6 rd
	5	Malta	4 pts	6 rd
	6	Cyprus	4 pts	6 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DRussia 0-0 Hungary14/10/2020

VRussia 2-1 Slovenia27/03/2021

VRussia 1-0 Bulgaria05/06/2021

LBelgium 3-0 Russia12/06/2021

VFinland 0-1 Russia16/06/2021

DRussia 0-0 Croatia01/09/2021

Overall

VRussia 1-0 Bulgaria05/06/2021

LBelgium 3-0 Russia12/06/2021

VFinland 0-1 Russia16/06/2021

LRussia 1-4 Denmark21/06/2021

DRussia 0-0 Croatia01/09/2021

VCyprus 0-2 Russia04/09/2021

Current form

Away

LFaroe Islands 3-2 Malta03/09/2020

DAndorra 0-0 Malta10/10/2020

VLatvia 0-1 Malta13/10/2020

DSlovakia 2-2 Malta27/03/2021

LCroatia 3-0 Malta30/03/2021

LSlovenia 1-0 Malta04/09/2021

Overall

DSlovakia 2-2 Malta27/03/2021

LCroatia 3-0 Malta30/03/2021

LMalta 0-3 Northern Ireland30/05/2021

LMalta 1-2 Kosovo04/06/2021

VMalta 3-0 Cyprus01/09/2021

LSlovenia 1-0 Malta04/09/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	2	5
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	5
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.2
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.8
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (1 times)

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Artem Dzyuba	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Cain Attard
Artem Dzyuba	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Luke Gambin
Fedor Smolov	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Joseph Mbong
Daler Kuzyaev	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Ryan Camenzuli
Fedor Smolov	2 assists during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 5 matches	Joseph Mbong

Historical head to head

Away

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

1 ga

Total

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

1 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

5 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	March 24, 2021
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

March 24, 2021 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2022

Malta

1 - 3

Russia

February 07, 1996 - Rothmans Tournament 1996

Malta

0 - 2

Russia

Best historical scorers against Malta

Artem Dzyuba	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Aleksandr Sobolev	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Valeriy Karpin	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Mário Fernandes	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Sergey Kiriakov	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/02/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Russia

Joseph Mbong

1 goal

2021 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/02/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Malta

Sergey Yuran	1 match	1996 - 1996
Rifat Zhemaletdinov	1 match	2021 - 2021
Igor Shalimov	1 match	1996 - 1996
Andrey Mostovoy	1 match	2021 - 2021
Ramiz Mamedov	1 match	1996 - 1996
Artem Dzyuba	1 match	2021 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/02/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Russia

Joe Brincat	1 match	1996 - 1996
Joseph Mbong	1 match	2021 - 2021
Richard Buhagiar	1 match	1996 - 1996
Kyrian Nwoko	1 match	2021 - 2021
Hubert Suda	1 match	1996 - 1996
Alexander Satariano	1 match	2021 - 2021