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Russia

3 — 3 Oct 06, 2026 · 09:30 PM IST

Nigeria

Friendlies

Venue Sovcombank Arena, Nizhniy Novgorod

Referee Nikola Dabanović

Attendance 40,126

Player of the Match Matvey Kislyak 8.6 90' played

Match Events

10' Away ⚽ Kelechi Ịheanachọ — 0-1

30' Home ⚽ Lechii Sadulaev — 1-1

37' Home Ivan Oblyakov

43' Home Lechii Sadulaev

45 + 2' Home ⚽ Matvey Kislyak — 2-1

HT

46' Away ↔ Akor Adams → Stephen Michael

46' Away ↔ Abdullahi Umar → Kelechi Ịheanachọ

54' Home ⚽ Aleksey Miranchuk — 3-1

60' Home ↔ Konstantin Tyukavin → Aleksandr Sobolev

60' Home ↔ Kirill Glebov → Lechii Sadulaev

60' Home ↔ Maksim Glushenkov → Aleksey Miranchuk

70' Away ↔ Peter Edokpolor → Aderemi Adeoye

70' Away ↔ Umar Abubakar → Moses Simon

78' Away ⚽ Peter Edokpolor — 3-2

79' Home ↔ Mingiyan Beveev → Viktor Melekhin

81' Away Chibuzo Nwoko

83' Away ↔ Vince Osuji → Chibuzo Nwoko

88' Home ↔ Danil Prutsev → Ivan Oblyakov

90 + 4' Away ⚽ Akor Adams — 3-3

90 + 6' Away Abdullahi Umar

FT

Match Stats

63 37

Ball possession

17 10

Total shots

6 6

Shots on target

45 10

Touches in opposition box

3 1

Big chances

0 0

Big chances missed

468 (87%) 254 (78%)

Accurate passes

2 2

Yellow cards

7 3

Corners

Lineups

Russia (4-3-3)

Starting XI

1 Aleksandar Maksimenko 6

30 Ilya Vakhania 5.9

14 Viktor Melekhin 6.1

5 Maksim Osipenko 6.4

4 Danil Krugovoy 6.3

27 Ivan Oblyakov 7.4

31 Matvey Kislyak 8.6

11 Aleksey Batrakov 7

59 Aleksey Miranchuk 7.8

7 Aleksandr Sobolev 7.8

20 Lechii Sadulaev 7.8

Substitutes

19 Kirill Glebov 5.6

10 Konstantin Tyukavin 5.6

67 Maksim Glushenkov 6.1

22 Mingiyan Beveev 6.2

25 Danil Prutsev

16 Anton Mitryushkin

12 Stanislav Agkatsev

21 Arsen Adamov

3 Igor Diveev

2 Turpal-Ali Ibishev

15 Artem Karpukas

8 Nail Umyarov

23 Maksim Petrov

Nigeria (4-3-1-2)

Starting XI

1 Samuel James 6.2

2 Abdullahi Bewene 7.4

5 Benjamin Fredrick 6.8

6 Emmanuel Fernandez 5.3

3 Isaac James 6.7

8 Stephen Michael 6.6

4 Aderemi Adeoye 6.4

10 Wilfred George Igor 6.6

17 Chibuzo Nwoko 7

14 Kelechi Ịheanachọ 7.3

15 Moses Simon 7

Substitutes

7 Abdullahi Umar 7.2

22 Akor Adams 7.1

12 Peter Edokpolor 7.6

11 Umar Abubakar 6.2

20 Vince Osuji

16 Michael Atata

23 Stanley Nwabili

13 Kenneth Igboke

19 Ibraheem Mahfus Ajasa