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Russia vs Nigeria Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

FT · HT 2–13 – 3

Lechi Sadulaev 30′Matvey Kislyak 45+2′Aleksey Miranchuk 54′

Kelechi Iheanacho 10′Peter Edokpolor 78′Akor Adams 90+4′

Player of the matchMatvey KislyakRUS · 1 goal · 1 assist · 99′ played · 11 final-3rd passes · 66/72 passes · 5 recoveries

8.5
Possession
63%37%
Shots · on target in brackets
17 (6)10 (6)
Corners
75

Friendly InternationalFriendlies 1Gazprom ArenaRef N. Dabanović

Events

RUS 3–3 NGA · 2–2 yellow
  1. Full time 3–3
  2. Umar AbubakarYellow card
  3. Akor Adams3–3Goal · right foot · assist Umar Abubakar
  4. Danil Prutsevfor Ivan Oblyakov
  5. Vince Osujifor Chibuzo Nwoko
  6. Chibuzo NwokoYellow card
  7. Mingiyan Beveevfor Viktor Melekhin
  8. Peter Edokpolor3–2Goal · right foot
  9. Peter EdokpolorSubstitution
  10. Umar Abubakarfor Moses Simon
  11. K. Tyukavinfor Aleksandr Sobolev
  12. Maksim Glushenkovfor Aleksey Miranchuk
  13. Kirill Glebovfor Lechi Sadulaev
  14. Aleksey Miranchuk3–1Goal · right foot · assist Aleksandr Sobolev
  15. Abdullahi Umarfor Kelechi Iheanacho
  16. Akor Adamsfor Stephen Michael
  17. Half-time 2–1
  18. Matvey Kislyak2–1Goal · left foot
  19. Lechi SadulaevYellow card
  20. Ivan OblyakovYellow card
  21. Lechi Sadulaev1–1Goal · right foot · assist Matvey Kislyak
  22. Kelechi Iheanacho0–1Goal · left foot · assist Abdullahi Bewene

Lineups

Starting XIs · ratings at full time
Russia4-3-36.89 avg rating 6.624-3-1-2Nigeria
  1. 16.3Aleksandr Maksimenko99′
  1. 306.1Ilya Vakhania99′
  2. 146.3Viktor Melekhin↓79′
  3. 56.6Maksim Osipenko99′
  4. 46.5Danil Krugovoy99′
  1. 276.7Ivan OblyakovYC ↓88′
  2. 318.5Matvey KislyakG A 99′
  3. 116.9Aleksey Batrakov99′
  1. 597.3Aleksey MiranchukG ↓60′
  2. 77.3Aleksandr SobolevA ↓60′
  3. 207.2Lechi SadulaevG YC ↓60′
  1. 16.3Samuel Friday James99′
  1. 36.5Isaac James99′
  2. 66.1Emmanuel Fernandez99′
  3. 57.0Benjamin Fredrick99′
  4. 26.9Abdullahi BeweneA 99′
  1. 106.3W. Igor99′
  2. 4Aderemi Adeoye99′
  3. 86.6Stephen Michael↓46′
  1. 176.5Chibuzo NwokoYC ↓83′
  1. 157.1Moses Simon↓70′
  2. 147.0Kelechi IheanachoG ↓46′
  1. 10K. TyukavinFW · ↑60′6.3
  2. 19Kirill GlebovMF · ↑60′6.1
  3. 22Mingiyan BeveevDF · ↑79′6.4
  4. 25Danil PrutsevMF · ↑88′
  5. 67Maksim GlushenkovMF · ↑60′6.3
  6. 2Turpal-Ali IbishevDF
  7. 3Igor DiveevDF
  8. 8Nail UmyarovMF
  9. 12Stanislav AgkatsevGK
  10. 15Artem KarpukasMF
  11. 16Anton MitryushkinGK
  12. 21Arsen AdamovDF
  13. 23Maksim PetrovMF

SubstitutesCoaches: Valeriy Karpin (1.50 PPG) · Éric ChelleG goal · A assist · YC yellow · RC red · ↑ on · ↓ off

  1. 7Umar AbubakarFW · A YC ↑70′6.8
  2. 11Abdullahi UmarFW · ↑46′7.1
  3. 12Peter EdokpolorFW · G ↑70′7.5
  4. 20Vince OsujiDF · ↑83′6.5
  5. 22Akor AdamsFW · G ↑46′7.2
  6. 13Kenneth IgbokeDF
  7. 16Michael AtataGK
  8. 19Ibraheem Mahfus AjasaFW
  9. 23Stanley NwabaliGK

Top ratings

XI avg 6.89 v 6.62
  1. Matvey KislyakRUS8.5
  2. Aleksey MiranchukRUS7.3
  3. ASAleksandr SobolevRUS7.3
  4. Lechi SadulaevRUS7.2
  5. Akor AdamsNGA7.2

What stands out

  • 2–1half-time

    The match stood at 2–1 at half-time before 1–2 after the break (3–3 full time).

  • 17–10shots

    Russia recorded 17 shots (6 on target) against 10 (6 on target) for Nigeria.

Player leaders

this match

Big chances created

  1. Matvey KislyakRUS1
  2. Aleksandr SobolevRUS1

Passes

  1. Maksim OsipenkoRUS83/90
  2. Matvey KislyakRUS66/72
  3. Ivan OblyakovRUS54/61

Progressive passes

  1. Maksim OsipenkoRUS87 (97%)
  2. Matvey KislyakRUS62 (86%)
  3. Ivan OblyakovRUS54 (89%)

Final-third passes

  1. Maksim OsipenkoRUS12
  2. Danil KrugovoyRUS12
  3. Matvey KislyakRUS11

Ball recoveries

  1. Samuel Friday JamesNGA9
  2. Maksim OsipenkoRUS8
  3. Aleksandr MaksimenkoRUS7

Dribbles

  1. Isaac JamesNGA3/3
  2. Moses SimonNGA2/2
  3. Abdullahi BeweneNGA2/2

Saves

  1. Aleksandr MaksimenkoRUS3
  2. Samuel Friday JamesNGA3

Form

last 10 matches of each side, all competitions, before kick-off
Russia3d restNGA +4d rest7d restNigeria
  1. 3-0W14 Oct
  2. 1-1D12 Nov
  3. 0-2L15 Nov
  4. 3-1W27 Mar
  5. 0-0D31 Mar
  6. 0-1L28 May
  7. 3-0W5 Jun
  8. 3-0W9 Jun
  9. 2-0W29 Sep
  10. 6-0W3 Oct

6-2-2goals 21:52.00pts/game

Bar: goals scored.
Score: own goals first.Pts/game: green ≥ 2.0 · blue ≥ 1.5 · amber ≥ 1.0 · red below

  1. 0-0D14 Jan
  2. 0-0D17 Jan
  3. 2-1W27 Mar
  4. 2-2D31 Mar
  5. 2-0W26 May
  6. 3-0W30 May
  7. 2-2D3 Jun
  8. 1-2L10 Jun
  9. 2-1W25 Sep
  10. 0-3L29 Sep

4-4-2goals 14:111.60pts/game

  1. HNamibia6–0
  2. HIran2–0
  3. HTrinidad and Tobago3–0
  4. HBurkina Faso3–0
  5. AEgypt0–1

latest 5

  1. AGuinea-Bissau0–3
  2. HMadagascar2–1
  3. APortugal1–2
  4. APoland2–2
  5. AJamaica3–0
Show older matches
  1. HMali0–0
  2. HNicaragua3–1
  3. HChile0–2
  4. HPeru1–1
  5. HBolivia3–0

older

  1. HZimbabwe2–0
  2. AJordan2–2
  3. AIran2–1
  4. AEgypt0–0
  5. HMorocco0–0

Referee

N. Dabanović
Cards / match
3.74this match 4 (+0.26)
Yellows / match
3.67this match 4
Reds / match
0.07
Penalties / match
0.1917% of matches
Fouls / match
23.9this match 27

1.85Home 1.85 vs Away 1.82 yellows/match · 2–5 red · 2 coach cards1.82

48%Results in 100 recent matches · draw 24%28%

home winsaway wins
With Russia
2-0-0 in 2 · 0.5 yellows/game

Analysed latest 100 of 148 career matches.

Match info

Season
2026
Stage
Friendlies 1
Kick-off
Venue
Gazprom Arena, St. Petersburg
Capacity
68,000 · grass
Weather
13 °C · clear sky · humidity 74%
Referee
N. Dabanović
RUS coach
Valeriy Karpin (1.50 PPG)
NGA coach
Éric Chelle

Match summary

Russia and Nigeria drew 3-3 in the Friendly International, Friendlies 1.

Goals came from Lechi Sadulaev (30'), Matvey Kislyak (45') and Aleksey Miranchuk (54') for Russia and Kelechi Iheanacho (10'), Peter Edokpolor (78') and Akor Adams (90') for Nigeria.

Russia — live results and scheduleNigeria — live results and scheduleHow we calculate this

Team stats

40 figures
Russiafull timeNigeria
  1. 63%Possession37%
  2. 17Shots10
  3. 6Shots on target6
  4. 3Big chances1
  5. 7Corners5
  6. 541Passes324
  7. 17Fouls10
  8. 2Yellow cards2
All 40 stats
  1. Attack
  2. 3Accurate crosses1
  3. 110Attacks88
  4. 19Crosses6
  5. 44Dangerous attacks19
  6. 12Dribble attempts14
  7. 2Offsides2
  8. 35%Shot accuracy60%
  9. 3Shots blocked1
  10. 11Shots inside box6
  11. 8Shots off target3
  12. 6Shots outside box4
  13. 5Successful dribbles10
  14. Passing
  15. 21Accurate long passes21
  16. 468Accurate passes254
  17. 80%Forward passes %79%
  18. 12Key passes7
  19. 50%Long pass accuracy36%
  20. 42Long passes58
  21. 87%Pass accuracy78%
  22. 63Passes in final third38
  23. Defence
  24. 54Ball recoveries41
  25. 87Ball safe88
  26. 29Duels won54
  27. 3Goal kicks11
  28. 10Interceptions15
  29. 3Saves3
  30. 11Tackles19
  31. 9Tackles won10
  32. Discipline
  33. 8Free kicks17
  34. Other
  35. 125Possession lost115
  36. 5Substitutions5
  37. 12Throw-ins18

Head-to-head

1 meeting on record since 2025

0-1-0Russia W-D-L · goals 1:1

0 RUS1 draws0 NGA
  1. Russia1–1NigeriaFriendly International

Season comparison

as the teams came into the match
Russiaall competitionsNigeria
  1. Goal markets & scoring rates · 15 games each
  2. 2.73Goals per game (both sides)2.87
  3. 80%Over 1.587%
  4. 53%Over 2.573%
  5. 27%Over 3.533%
  6. 40%Both teams scored53%
  7. 47%Clean sheets40%
  8. 27%Failed to score20%
  9. Russia at home v Nigeria away
  10. 12Played9
  11. 7Won4
  12. 4Drawn3
  13. 1Lost2
  14. 24-6Goals (for-against)15-11
  15. 2.08Points per game1.67
  16. 50%Over 2.578%
  17. 58%Clean sheets33%
  18. 1st half vs 2nd half scoring · 15 games each
  19. 20-21st-half goals (for-against)13-5
  20. 12-72nd-half goals (for-against)15-10
  21. 38%Goals after half-time54%
  22. 80%Goal before half-time80%
  23. 11-3-1Half-time W-D-L8-6-1

How we calculate this

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