Russia vs Saudi Arabia Preview - 14 June 2018

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Kick Off at 15:00 (GMT) on 14th June, 2018
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Match facts

Russia

Ranked 70th in the FIFA World Rankings Russia are the lowest ranked team at the FIFA World Cup.
Russia are still without a win (D1 L3) in four games in 2018.
Russia’s record at the Luzhniki Stadium is 19 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses from 31 matches. They were hammered 3-0 by Brazil in the last match here.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia will be the first team from the Asian Football Confederation to play the opening match at a FIFA World Cup.
Saudi Arabia are ranked three spots ahead of Russia in 67th spot as the second lowest ranked team at the World Cup.
The only meeting so far between the two sides came in a friendly back in 1993. Saudi Arabia defeated Russia by a 4-2 margin.

Predictions

These teams come with a vulnerabilities in every department and this match could be termed as a battle of the equals. To be precise, either managers will be thinking that this is their best opponent to register a win against.

However, the bookies consider Russia are strong favorites to win this one, but we believe this will not be an easy cake walk for the hosts.

Final Score – 2 : 1

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