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Russia 2-0 Malta · World Cup Qualification UEFA

Russia beat Malta 2-0 in the World Cup Qualification UEFA. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Russia and Malta met in the World Cup Qualification UEFA at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Tuesday, 7 September 2021.

Goalscorers

Russia: F. Smolov 10'; Z. Bakaev 84'. Malta did not score.

How the match went

The referee showed 3 yellow cards (1 for Russia, 2 for Malta).

Line-ups

Russia started in a 4-3-3: Guilherme Marinato, Daler Kuzyaev, Igor Diveev, Maksim Osipenko, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Alexandr Erokhin, Dmitriy Barinov, Aleksey Miranchuk, Aleksey Ionov, Fedor Smolov, Arsen Zakharyan.

Malta started in a 3-4-2-1: Henry Bonello, Zach Muscat, Andrei Agius, Steve Borg, Cain Attard, Stephen Pisani, Teddy Teuma, Ryan Camenzuli, Joseph Mbong, Paul Mbong, Luke Montebello.

More from this competition: World Cup Qualification UEFA fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 10'Goal! Russia 1-0 Malta. F. Smolov (Russia) scores.
  2. 45'Half-time. Russia 1-0 Malta.
  3. 84'Goal! Russia 2-0 Malta. Z. Bakaev (Russia) converts the penalty.
  4. 90'Full-time. Russia 2-0 Malta.
Full commentary (20 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Russia vs Malta.
  2. 10'Goal! Russia 1-0 Malta. F. Smolov (Russia) scores.
  3. 45'Half-time. Russia 1-0 Malta.
  4. 46'The second half is under way.
  5. 46'Substitution, Russia: R. Zobnin comes on for A. Erokhin.
  6. 46'Substitution, Russia: Z. Bakaev comes on for A. Zakharyan.
  7. 50'Yellow card for A. Miranchuk (Russia) for foul.
  8. 58'Substitution, Russia: I. Samoshnikov comes on for A. Miranchuk.
  9. 66'Substitution, Malta: T. Caruana comes on for S. Pisani.
  10. 66'Substitution, Malta: A. Satariano comes on for L. Montebello.
  11. 68'Yellow card for S. Borg (Malta) for foul.
  12. 71'Substitution, Russia: A. Zabolotnyi comes on for F. Smolov.
  13. 75'Substitution, Malta: S. Dimech comes on for C. Attard.
  14. 79'Substitution, Russia: R. Zhemaletdinov comes on for A. Ionov.
  15. 82'Yellow card for R. Camenzuli (Malta) for handball.
  16. 84'Goal! Russia 2-0 Malta. Z. Bakaev (Russia) converts the penalty.
  17. 86'Substitution, Malta: N. Muscat comes on for T. Teuma.
  18. 86'Substitution, Malta: K. Shaw comes on for A. Agius.
  19. 90'3 minutes of added time.
  20. 90'Full-time. Russia 2-0 Malta.
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