Russia vs Cyprus. Will Karpin's team take the most important points in the selection?
On November 11, in the selection match for the 2022 World Cup, at the Gazprom Arena sports arena (St. Petersburg), the teams of Russia and Cyprus will measure their strength.
The Russian national team shows just excellent results in qualification, the team has not known defeats for 5 rounds in a row. In the last fight, Valeriy Karpin's wards broke Slovenia's resistance 2: 1 on the road. The Russians gave their best in the first half hour of the meeting, when they managed to score two goals. After that, the guests began to gradually reduce the turnover, focusing on defending the winning result. Diveev and Dzhikia scored goals for the national team.
Russia leads Group H with 19 points after 8 games, with a goal difference of 13: 5.
Cyprus
Cyprus continues to flounder at the very bottom of world football, the team for 5 meetings in a row in the selection does not know victories. True, in the last fight the Cypriots managed to catch the points, the national team at home drew with Malta 2: 2. The match was played in an equal fight, while the guys of Nikos Kostenoglu, as hosts, carried out their attacks better. Already at the very end of the battle, the Blues missed the chance to win, allowing the Maltese to score a goal in the last seconds.
Papoulis and Sotiriou scored the ball for the Cypriots. Cyprus remains the last in the group with 5 points, with a goal difference of 3:13.
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Russia vs Cyprus
RussiaThe Russian national team shows just excellent results in qualification, the team has not known defeats for 5 rounds in a row. In the last fight, Valeriy Karpin's wards broke Slovenia's resistance 2: 1 on the road. The Russians gave their best in the first half hour of the meeting, when they managed to score two goals. After that, the guests began to gradually reduce the turnover, focusing on defending the winning result. Diveev and Dzhikia scored goals for the national team.
Russia leads Group H with 19 points after 8 games, with a goal difference of 13: 5.
Cyprus
Cyprus continues to flounder at the very bottom of world football, the team for 5 meetings in a row in the selection does not know victories. True, in the last fight the Cypriots managed to catch the points, the national team at home drew with Malta 2: 2. The match was played in an equal fight, while the guys of Nikos Kostenoglu, as hosts, carried out their attacks better. Already at the very end of the battle, the Blues missed the chance to win, allowing the Maltese to score a goal in the last seconds.
Papoulis and Sotiriou scored the ball for the Cypriots. Cyprus remains the last in the group with 5 points, with a goal difference of 3:13.
Russia vs Cyprus facts
- Russia won the 1st half and 6 of the last 8 World Cup qualifiers;
- Russia won its last 4 World Cup qualifiers;
- Cyprus have conceded at least 2 goals in their last 5 World Cup qualifiers;
- Cyprus have failed to win 10 of their last 11 World Cup matches.
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