FIFA International Friendlies

Russia

FIFA #35
YES!
Russia beat Iran
Iran 0 – 2 Russia
FT · Tue, Sep 29

Match Details

Kazan Arena (Kazan) · 34,362 fans

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Russia 2, IR Iran 0.
  • 90'+5'Second Half ends, Russia 2, IR Iran 0.
  • 90'+4'Attempt missed. Aleksey Miranchuk (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lechi Sadulaev following a fast break.
  • 90'+2'Attempt missed. Matvey Kislyak (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk.
  • 90'+1'Foul by Aleksandr Sobolev (Russia).
  • 90'+1'Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1'Offside, Russia. Lechi Sadulaev is caught offside.
  • 90'Viktor Melekhin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'Foul by Aref Haji Eydi (IR Iran).
  • 90'Offside, Russia. Lechi Sadulaev is caught offside.
  • 89'Corner, Russia. Conceded by Saman Fallah.

Line Score

12T
IRN 00 0
RUS 20 2

Match Leaders

Iran
Russia

Key Events

85'Substitution, IR Iran. Amirhossein Mahmoudi replaces Ramin Rezaeian.
84'Substitution, Russia. Mingiyan Beveev replaces Ilya Vakhania.
84'Substitution, Russia. Lechi Sadulaev replaces Aleksandr Golovin.
79'Substitution, Russia. Aleksandr Sobolev replaces Konstantin Tyukavin.
79'Substitution, Russia. Nail Umyarov replaces Aleksey Batrakov.
78'Ali Nemati (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
66'Substitution, IR Iran. Omid Noorafkan replaces Mohammad Ghorbani.
66'Substitution, IR Iran. Aref Haji Eydi replaces Saeid Ezatolahi.
66'Substitution, IR Iran. Shahab Zahedi replaces Arya Yousefi.
65'Substitution, Russia. Danil Prutsev replaces Ivan Oblyakov.
65'Substitution, Russia. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Maksim Glushenkov.
55'Maksim Glushenkov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'Substitution, IR Iran. Payam Niazmand replaces Hossein Hosseini.
45'Substitution, IR Iran. Saman Fallah replaces Saleh Hardani.
45'Substitution, IR Iran. Dennis Dargahi replaces Sardar Azmoun.
36'Goal! Russia 2, IR Iran 0. Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
31'Saleh Hardani (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
27'Substitution, IR Iran. Ehsan Hajisafi replaces Mohammad Mohebi because of an injury.
21'Goal! Russia 1, IR Iran 0. Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksey Batrakov.

Team Stats

IranRussia
General
32.8 Possession % 67.2
8 Shots 12
3 On Target 5
1 Offsides 3
5 Corners 5
17 Fouls 11
Passing & Defense
192 Passes Completed 545
3 Crosses Won 1
12 Tackles Won 6
16 Interceptions 14
20 Clearances 15
Discipline
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Saves 3

Recent Form

Russia W D L W W
Iran W D D D L

Starting Lineups

Iran5-4-1
22 Hosseini
23 Rezaeian 2 Hardani 4 Khalilzadeh 19 Nemati 17 Yousefi
29 Mohebi 16 Ghorbani 6 Ezatolahi 9 Taremi
20 Azmoun
17 Golovin 21'36' 10 Tyukavin 67 Glushenkov
27 Oblyakov 31 Kislyak 11 Batrakov A
4 Krugovoi 14 Melekhin 3 Diveev 30 Vakhanla
39 Safonov
Russia4-3-3
Full lineups and substitutes

Russia

  1. MS #39 Matvei SafonovG
  2. VM #14 Viktor MelekhinCD-L
  3. ID #3 Igor DiveevCD-R
  4. DK #4 Danil KrugovoiLB
  5. IV #30 Ilya VakhanlaRB
  6. MK #31 Matvey KislyakCM
  7. IO #27 Ivan OblyakovLM
  8. AB #11 Alexey BatrakovRM
  9. KT #10 Konstantin TyukavinF
  10. AG #17 Aleksandr GolovinLF21'36'
  11. MG #67 Maksim GlushenkovRF
Substitutes · 6 used

Iran

  1. HH #22 Hossein HosseiniG
  2. SK #4 Shoja KhalilzadehCD
  3. AN #19 Ali NematiCD-L
  4. SH #2 Saleh HardaniCD-R
  5. AY #17 Arya YousefiLB
  6. RR #23 Ramin RezaeianRB
  7. SE #6 Saeid EzatolahiCM-L
  8. MG #16 Mohammad GhorbaniCM-R
  9. MT #9 Mehdi TaremiLM
  10. MM #29 Mohammad MohebiRM
  11. SA #20 Sardar AzmounF
Substitutes · 8 used

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