Russia vs Wales, European Championship 2016 GROUP STAGE
Overview
Match Preview
Russia vs Wales — European Championship .
Match Details
- Referee Daniele Orsato
- Referee Jonas Eriksson
- Referee Mathias Klasenius
- Referee Daniel Warnmark
- Referee Stefan Johannesson
- Referee Markus Strombergsson
4 games this season
🟨 4.3/game
⚽ 15.5 goals/game
🟥 1 total
Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetings
Recent Form
Key Stats
40%
Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
H2H (5 games)
40%
Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
H2H history
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Russia and Wales.
- 5' Wales are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
- 10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Russia and Wales are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
- 11' A stunning finish from Aaron Ramsey — that came from absolutely nowhere!
- 16' Sam Vokes was booked on 16.
- 20' GOAL! Neil Taylor scores on 20.
- 25' is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Russia so far.
- 30' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
- 35' Russia started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
- 40' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Russia and Wales are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
- 45' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 46' It is a substitution in Russia team. Vasily Berezutski is replaced by Aleksey Berezutski on 46 minute.
- 51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Russia needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 52' Russia manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Aleksandr Golovin is hanging Roman Shirokov on the field on 52 minute.
- 57' Russia are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
- 62' With 0 assists to his name this season, Simon Church is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Wales.
- 64' That is a Yellow card for Russia. Pavel Mamaev will be fuming at that decision.
- 67' The Wales Gareth Bale breaks the deadlock on 67 minutes. 0-3!
- 70' The whistle greets Fedor Smolov as he departs to be replaced by Aleksandr Samedov.
- 74' Another change for Wales made on 74 minute. Joe Allen leaves to be changed by Dave Edwards.
- 76' The whistle greets Joe Ledley as he departs to be replaced by Andy King.
- 81' Russia international Pavel Mamaev has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
- 83' Simon Church has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gareth Bale on 83 minute.
- 88' Supporters expect more eagerness from Aleksandr Kokorin, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Wales players.
Lineups
Russia Lineups
Starting XI
- 3
- 10
- 22
- 1
- 9
- 11
- 8
- 23
- 14
- 4
- 15
Bench
- 5
-
13
Aleksandr Golovin ↑ 52'
- 7
-
19
Aleksandr Samedov ↑ 70'
- 16
- 21
- 20
- 18
- 17
- 12
- 2
-
6
Aleksey Berezutski ↑ 46'
Coach
Leonid Slutsky
Wales Lineups
Starting XI
- 2
- 10
- 1
- 18
- 6
-
7
Joe Allen ↓ Dave Edwards 74'
- 4
-
16
Joe Ledley ↓ Andy King 76'
- 5
- 3
-
11
Gareth Bale ↓ Simon Church 83'
Bench
- 22
-
14
Dave Edwards ↑ 74'
- 21
-
8
Andy King ↑ 76'
- 20
- 9
- 15
-
23
Simon Church ↑ 83'
- 13
- 19
- 17
- 12
Coach
Chris Coleman
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
| Player | Goals |
|---|---|
| Aaron Ramsey | 1 |
| Neil Taylor | 1 |
| Gareth Bale | 1 |
| Aaron Ramsey | 1 |
| Neil Taylor | 1 |
| Gareth Bale | 1 |
Head to Head
Russia Form
Predictions
Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
0.91
Russia xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.86
Wales xG
I would bet for:
Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.
Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Wales win
Both Teams to Score
✗ Wrong
Avg goals/match: 2.77
Actual: No — clean sheet
Over / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5| Line | Over | Under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ± 0.5 | 92% |
|
8% |
| ± 1.5 | 76% |
|
24% |
| ± 2.5 | 52% |
|
48% |
| ± 3.5 | 30% |
|
70% |
| ± 4.5 | 15% |
|
85% |
Double Chance
Russia or Draw
49%
Draw or Wales
78%
Russia or Wales
74%
Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Wales win at HT
Correct Score
✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.4%
0 – 1
10.9%
0 – 2
10.6%
1 – 2
9.5%
0 – 0
8.1%
0 – 3
Actual
1 – 3
5.9%
1 – 0
4.8%
2 – 1
4.6%
2 – 2
4.3%
0 – 4
3%
1 – 4
2.8%
Asian Handicap — Russia
| Handicap | Russia covers | Push | Wales covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | 1% | — | 99% |
| -2 | 1% | 4% | 94% |
| -1.5 | 6% | — | 94% |
| -1 | 6% | 11% | 83% |
| -0.5 | 17% | — | 83% |
| +0.5 | 42% | — | 58% |
| +1 | 42% | 24% | 35% |
| +1.5 | 65% | — | 35% |
| +2 | 65% | 18% | 16% |
| +2.5 | 84% | — | 16% |
Clean Sheet
Russia keeps clean sheet
16%
✓
Wales keeps clean sheet
41%
✗
Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.