On Sunday, starting at 17:00, the Cyprus – Russia match will be played, during the 8th round of the EURO 2020 preliminaries, Group I. The Russians won 2 of the 3 direct meetings, recording a draw. In the tour, Stanislav Cherchesov’s students won 1-0, through the goal scored by Ionov, and now they need only one point to qualify for EURO 2020.
Cyprus won an important match in Kazakhstan, reaching 10 points in the standings, with 3 rounds remaining to be contested. Russia, on the other hand, crushed Scotland 4-0 and is one step away from qualifying for EURO 2020, second, after Belgium. The Cypriots need a 2-0 success in order to hope for something, and the Russians get the qualification with a draw. However, the Russian team will force the victory, even if there are not many goals, as in the tour, score 1-0.
Goalkeepers: Marinato Guillerme (Lokomotiv Moscow), Soslan Dzhanaev (FC Sochi), Andrey Lunev (Zenit St. Petersburg).
Defenders: Maxim Belyaev (Arsenal Tula), Georgy Dzhikia (Spartak Moscow), Vyacheslav Karavaev (Zenit St. Petersburg), Fedor Kudryashov (FC Sochi), Sergey Petrov (Krasnodar), Andrey Semenov (Akhmat Grozny), Mario Fernandez (CSKA Moscow) ), Dmitry Chistyakov (Rostov).
Middle: Ilzat Akhmetov (CSKA Moscow), Zelimkhan Bakaev (Spartak Moscow), Dmitry Barinov, Vladislav Ignatiev (both Lokomotiv Moscow), Alexander Golovin (Monaco), Yuri Zhirkov, Daler Kuzyaev, Magomed Ozdoev (all – Zenit St. Petersburg), Alexey Ionov (Rostov), Pavel Mogilevets (Kazan Rubin), Denis Cheryshev (Valencia).
Forwards: Artem Dziuba (Zenit St. Petersburg), Nikolai Komlichenko (Mlada-Boleslav), Fedor Smolov (Lokomotiv Moscow).
PREDICTION: Russia to win @ 1,52
