Yerokhin's goal
92'
It's over! Russia beats Cyprus to stay top of the group
86'
Goal, goal, goal for Russia! Erokhin shoots to the far post and increases the lead.
81'
Goal, goal, goal for Russia! Zobolotny turned and fired a shot into the visitors' goal.
76'
Demetriou gets hold of a dangerous ball from Zabolotny.
63'
Close! Mamas' shot, but the ball goes wide.
71'
Change of Russia. Ionov replaces Andrei Mostovoy.
68'
Change of Cyprus. Tzionis is replaced by Mamas.
67'
Change of Russia. Chistyakov and Glebov are replaced by Diveev and Fomin.
62'
Goal, goal Russia! After a great save by Demetriou, Sutormin counter-headed the ball in for the fourth.
57'
Change of Russia. Zabolotny and Zobnin are replaced by Smolov and Golovin.
55'
Russia's goal! The third came, Andrei Mostovoy cut inside the box and shot to score one more.
54'
Goal, goal, goal for Russia! Fedor Smolov got past the goalkeeper and fired into the net to increase the lead.
53'
Ioannou sends in a cross, but no one appears inside the area to find the equalizer.
50'
Kastanos took a shot at goal, but the ball went wide.
45'
The second half kicked off at the Krestovsky.
45'
Change of Cyprus. Paris Psaltis replaces Marios Demetriou.
45'
First half ends, Russia leads by the minimum at halftime.
44'
Missed the first one! Soteriou's header, but the goalkeeper prevents the equalizer.
39'
Sutormin was encouraged to shoot inside the box, but the ball went wide.
32'
Ioannou prevents the Russian move from growing and moves the ball out of the area.
24'
Papoulis controlled inside the box, but the Russian defense ended up robbing him of the ball.
17'
Aleksandr Erokhin receives the ball and, after turning around, fires a shot that crashes against the post.
10'
Miranchuk fails to make a good control inside the box and the ball ends up going over the end line.
3'
Goal, goal, goal for Russia! Aleksandr Erokhin receives the ball and pushes it into the back of the net to put the home side ahead.
0'
The actions begin in St. Petersburg, Russia will be looking for their qualification in this match.
Cyprus: LineUp
D. Demetriou; K. Laifis, C. Soteriou, A. Karo; N. Ioannou, G. Kastanos, K. Artymatas, P. Psaltis; F. Papoulis, P. Soteriou, M. Tzionis.
Russia: LineUp
M. Safanov; A. Sutormin, I. Diveev, M. Osipenko, S. Terekhov; A. Yerokhin, D. Fomin, A. Golovin; A. Miranchuk, F. Smólov, A. Mostovoy.
"We understand that the strongest will win."
Cyprus coach Nikolaos Kostenoglu spoke about this match: "We know that we will play with the top team of the group. Despite the fact that we are below Russia and score fewer points, we must fulfill our national duty, we will give our best. We are back to work with the players. I want to emphasize their desire and will to win, their professionalism and skill, so I am optimistic. Of course, we understand that the strongest will win.
They arrived
Cyprus is already in the facilities of the St. Petersburg building, the squad will be looking for three points from three in this match.
At home
Russia are already at the Krestovsky Stadium where they will be looking to make it three points from three to become one of the first UEFA qualifiers.
Declared ready
Alexander Golovin, midfielder of the Russian national team, said: "I am ready for 90 minutes. I already played 3 games after the injury, but I didn't play all 90 minutes, I'm in good shape. I'm in good shape. Will I be the captain tomorrow? I don't know, but I'm ready, like everyone in our team. There can only be positive emotions from this.
"I want to ask the fans to come to the stadium and help the team."
Valery Karpin spoke before the match about his fans: "I wish there was a full stadium. I would like to ask all soccer fans to come to the stadium tomorrow and help our team as much as possible. We will be very grateful for that".
Adverse numbers
Cyprus have scored three goals in their qualifying campaign for Qatar, but have conceded 13 goals.
Good numbers
Russia comes into this match with 13 goals scored and only 5 conceded, numbers that they will be looking to improve by scoring more goals.
Last meeting
In the last meeting between these two teams, which corresponds to this qualifier, Russia defeated Cyprus by two goals to zero. In this match, Cyprus will be looking for revenge.
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Russia Statement
Valery Karpin, coach of the Russian national team, spoke ahead of the clash against Cyprus: "Georgy Dzhikia will train today, so he will be ready to play tomorrow."
"Rifat Zhemaletdinov will not be able to take part in the match. We have not called up anyone, because we have taken 25 field players for this training camp, taking into account that someone can drop out. It is more than enough. We had a bitter experience at the first training camp, when we called up 21 players, so we did it differently."
"We received the status tests of the players, I can't say that everything is great, but it's okay. Some are better, some are worse. Naturally, those who have played a lot of games, like Dzhikia, have accumulated fatigue. But overall, it's not a disaster. Everyone is normal."
"We haven't had a chance to get to know the pitch yet, as it was being prepared for the match. And now the Cypriots are training on it. After the press conference, we will have a training session about it."
"Cyprus is not considered a big team, but all teams of this type know how to defend. They play with a 5-4-1 formation. It's not easy to attack against them and find space. Naturally, they will rely on counterattacks. In the last game, after Malta, they came out of defense through short passes and had problems on set pieces. There is nothing specifically new to say, I think it will be more or less the same as it has always been."
Urgent need for points
Cyprus comes into this match in last place in its group with five points; the team's last match ended in a 2-2 draw against Malta.
To stay on top
Russia comes to this duel after beating Slovenia by two goals to one in the last FIFA match; they are also in first place in Group H with 19 points.
The match will be played at the Krestovsky Stadium.
The Russia vs Cyprus match will be played at the Krestovsky Stadium, located in St. Petersburg, Russia. The capacity.
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