Russia vs Malta

WC Qualification Europe - Group Stage 7 Sep 2021, 18:45
Russia
Russia
2–0
HT 1–0
FULL TIME
Malta
Malta
🏟 Otkrytiye Arena (Moskva) 👤 A. Palabıyık Round 6

Match report

Russia beat Malta 2-0 in the WC Qualification Europe - Group Stage on 7 September 2021.

Russia had 19 shots to Malta's 9.

The match was played at Otkrytiye Arena (Moskva), with A. Palabıyık in charge.

Half-time 1-0 Possession 53% - 47% Shots 19 - 9 On target 7 - 3 Corners 12 - 1 Fouls 12 - 6 Yellow cards 3
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Player of the match
Fedor Smolov
Russia · 1 goal
8 Joseph Mbong captained the side
7 Zelimkhan Bakaev 1 goal
7 Guilherme Marinato 3 saves
7 Igor Diveev 66 passes (83% accurate)
First half vs second half
Russia stepped it up after the break, with 15 shots in the second half compared to 4 in the first.
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 4–5 15–4
Shots On Goal 2–0 5–3
Ball Possession 55–45 —
Corners 3–0 9–1
Attacks 66–37 38–36
Match statistics
1 Penalty 0
5 Substitution 5
104 Attacks 73
69 Dangerous Attacks 26
10 On Target 3
12 Off Target 6
19 Shots Total 9
7 Shots On Goal 3
7 Shots Off Goal 4
5 Shots Blocked 2
14 Shots Inside Box 2
5 Shots Outside Box 7
12 Fouls 6
12 Corners 1
3 Offsides 0
53% Ball Possession 47%
1 Yellow Cards 2
3 Saves 5
426 Passes Total 380
345 Passes Accurate 309
Line-ups 4-3-3  vs  3-4-2-1
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Russia · 4-3-3
1 G. Marinato
23 D. Kuzyaev 3 I. Diveev 5 M. Osipenko 4 V. Karavaev
21 A. Erokhin 8 D. Barinov 15 A. Miranchuk
20 A. Ionov 9 F. Smolov 17 A. Zakharyan
Malta · 3-4-2-1
1 H. Bonello
22 Z. Muscat 5 A. Agius 4 S. Borg
18 C. Attard 10 S. Pisani 17 T. Teuma 3 R. Camenzuli
7 J. Mbong 11 P. Mbong
9 L. Montebello
Russia
Coach
V. Karpin
Substitutes
  • 12 Aleksandr Maksimenko
  • 16 Andrey Lunev
  • 14 Georgiy Dzhikiya
  • 13 Ilya Samoshnikov
  • 11 Roman Zobnin
  • 19 Rifat Zhemaletdinov
  • 18 Aleksei Sutormin
  • 2 Maksim Mukhin
  • 6 Denis Cheryshev
  • 7 Anton Zabolotnyi
  • 22 Konstantin Tyukavin
  • 10 Zelimkhan Bakaev
Malta
Coach
D. Mangia
Substitutes
  • 16 Jake Galea
  • 12 Matthew Grech
  • 20 Dexter Xuereb
  • 13 Karl Micallef
  • 2 Kurt Shaw
  • 21 Shaun Dimech
  • 8 Jake Grech
  • 23 Tristan Caruana
  • 6 Nicky Muscat
  • 14 Yannick Yankam
  • 19 Alexander Satariano
  • 15 Juan Corbalan
Substitutions
  • 46' ↑ Z. Bakaev ↓ A. Zakharyan Russia
  • 46' ↑ R. Zobnin ↓ A. Erokhin Russia
  • 58' ↑ I. Samoshnikov ↓ A. Miranchuk Russia
  • 66' ↑ A. Satariano ↓ L. Montebello Malta
  • 66' ↑ T. Caruana ↓ S. Pisani Malta
  • 71' ↑ A. Zabolotny ↓ F. Smolov Russia
  • 75' ↑ S. Dimech ↓ C. Attard Malta
  • 79' ↑ R. Zhemaletdinov ↓ A. Ionov Russia
  • 86' ↑ K. Shaw ↓ A. Agius Malta
  • 86' ↑ N. Muscat ↓ T. Teuma Malta
Cards
  • 50' A. Miranchuk Russia
  • 68' S. Borg Malta
  • 83' R. Camenzuli Malta
Head-to-head
Russia 2 0 draws 0 Malta
2021-09-07 Russia vs Malta 2 - 0
2021-03-24 Malta vs Russia 1 - 3
Recent form
Russia D W D L D
Malta D L L W L
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Russia vs Malta?
Russia won 2-0 against Malta on 7 September 2021.
Who won Russia vs Malta?
Russia won the match 2-0.
Where was Russia vs Malta played?
The match was played at Otkrytiye Arena (Moskva).
Who had more possession in Russia vs Malta?
Russia had 53% of possession, compared to 47% for the other side.