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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Russia to score. At the same time, Wales does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Wales needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' Both keepers have barely been tested. Russia and Wales are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
- 11' Aaron Ramsey does the damage! The net is bulging and Wales surge ahead!
- 16' Wales player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 20' Neil Taylor does the damage! The net is bulging and Wales surge ahead!
- 25' Andy King needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 30' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
- 35' The home supporters are growing impatient. Russia must find a spark to ignite this game.
- 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 45' has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
- 46' The crowd applauds Vasily Berezutski as he leaves the pitch. Aleksey Berezutski steps in for Russia.
- 51' Russia is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 52' Fresh legs for Russia! Aleksandr Golovin comes on to replace Roman Shirokov.
- 57' international has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
- 62' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 64' Poor challenge from Pavel Mamaev. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
- 67' The Wales Gareth Bale breaks the deadlock on 67 minutes. 0-3!
- 70' Fedor Smolov makes way for Aleksandr Samedov at the 70 minute mark. A tactical switch from Russia.
- 74' The whistle greets Joe Allen as he departs to be replaced by Dave Edwards.
- 76' A change in the Wales ranks — Joe Ledley exits the field as Andy King enters on 76.
- 81' It is a cagey affair so far. Russia in their trying to find a way past Wales's compact .
- 83' Simon Church is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gareth Bale at the 83 minute mark.
- 88' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Leonid Slutsky will be considering his options from the bench.
- It finishes all square. Russia and Wales share the spoils 0-3.
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 |
|---|---|
| Gareth Bale | 1 |
| Aaron Ramsey | 1 |
| Neil Taylor | 1 |
| Gareth Bale | 1 |
| Aaron Ramsey | 1 |
| Neil Taylor | 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.