Hosts Russia will seek after another tremendous FIFA World Cup 2018 execution against Egypt when they confront an under strain Egypt at Saint Petersburg stadium on Tuesday with an intend to anchor a virtual place in the knockout phases of the World Cup. Russia are falling off an animating 5-0 opening match prevail upon Saudi Arabia and are in prime position to fit the bill for the last 16 of a World Cup out of the blue since the Soviet Union’s crumple. Russia finish up the gathering stage against two-time title holders Uruguay on June 25.
Overview
Russia scored more objectives in the primary session of the 2018 World Cup than in the entire of the 2014 competition in Brazil, where they got only twice in three gathering matches.
Their execution against Saudi Arabia was impressive to the point that Russian President Vladimir Putin felt constrained to call head mentor Stanislav Cherchesov amid his post-coordinate question and answer session, instructing him to pass on his congrats to the players.
It wasn’t exactly such a decent begin for Egypt, who were without charm Mohamed Salah as they tumbled to a late thrashing on account of Uruguay. In any case, the Liverpool star is relied upon to begin this amusement, regardless of continuous hypothesis about his wellness. At Egypt’s ongoing preparing camp in Grozny, Salah purportedly required the assistance of his colleagues to pull on his best.
The Pharaohs are still frantically looking for a first World Cup win in what will be their 6th amusement at the finals. With respect to Russia, they last advanced to the knockout stage in 1986 under the pennant of the Soviet Union, yet triumph in St Petersburg would abandon them on the precarious edge of a place in the knockout stage.
Head-to-Head
This will be the primary gathering amongst Russia and Egypt.
Russia
- Russia’s 5-0 win against Saudi Arabia was the greatest triumph by a host country in an opening diversion since Italy beat the USA 7-1 of every 1934.
- The win implies that Russia have just scored a larger number of objectives in this competition than they did at every one of their last two World Cup appearances – they got twice in 2014, and four times in 2002.
- As Russia, they have neglected to achieve the knockout phase of the World Cup in three endeavors (1994, 2002 and 2014).
- Truth be told, Russia have neglected to win their second amusement at the last five World Cups – they last did it as the USSR, beating New Zealand 3-0 out of 1982.
- Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia are unbeaten against African groups at the World Cup (W2, D1), including a 6-1 prevail upon Cameroon in 1994 in which Oleg Salenko scored five.
- Russia’s head mentor Stanislav Cherchesov, a previous goalkeeper, showed up in that diversion.
- Aleksandr Golovin scored his first World Cup objective and enlisted two helps on his presentation in the opposition.
Egypt
- Egypt are as yet sitting tight for their first win at a World Cup finals (D2, L3). No African side has played the same number of World Cup diversions without a win.
- The Pharaohs have neglected to score in every one of their last three World Cup matches. Their last objective was a punishment scored by Magdy Adbelghani in a 1-1 with the Netherlands in 1990.
- Their solitary World Cup clean sheet arrived in a 0-0 draw with the Republic of Ireland in June 1990.
- Mohamed Elneny finished 44 passes versus Uruguay in their first amusement, the most by an Egyptian player at the World Cup.
- Mohamed Salah was Egypt’s best scorer in qualifying with five objectives in five appearances.
Team Collation And History
Predictions
- Should Egypt lose on Tuesday, their destiny will lay on the result of the other Group A match amongst Uruguay and Saudi Arabia later in the day.
- On the off chance that the Pharoahs lose to Russia they would require Saudi Arabia to beat Uruguay so as to remain in the opposition.
- Russia and Egypt have never confronted each other. This expectation particularly relies upon the state of Salah, if the winger is completely fit he will be a bunch for Russia’s maturing protection, if not, Egypt may keep on looking obtuse in the last third. Russia will be floated on by their enthusiastic home fans that will be anxious to see them proceed with their great begin to the competition.
Probable Line-Ups
Russia’s plausible line up against Egypt
Egypt’s plausible line up against Russia
Squads
Russia
- Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev , Vladimir Gabulov , Andrei Lunyov
- Defenders: Mario Fernandes , Vladimir Granat , Sergei Ignashevich , Fyodor Kudryashov , Ilya Kutepov, Andrei Semyonov , Igor Smolnikov
- Midfielders: Denis Cheryshev, Alan Dzagoev, Yuri Gazinsky, Alexander Golovin, Daler Kuzyaev, Anton Miranchuk , Alexander Samedov, Alexander Yerokhin , Yuri Zhirkov , Roman Zobnin
- Forwards: Artyom Dzyuba , Alexei Miranchuk, Fyodor Smolov
Egypt
- Goalkeepers : Essam El Hadary, Mohamed El-Shennawy , Sherif Ekramy .
- Defenders: Ahmed Fathi, Saad Samir, Ayman Ashraf, Mahmoud Hamdy , Mohamed Abdel-Shafy , Ahmed Hegazi, Ali Gabr , Ahmed Elmohamady Omar Gaber .
- Midfielders: Tarek Hamed,, Shikabala , Abdallah Said, Sam Morsy, Mohamed Elneny, Mahmoud Kahraba , Ramadan Sobhi , Mahmoud Hassan , Amr Warda .
- Forwards: Marwan Mohsen , Mohamed Salah