Russia's record against Group B opponents
Thursday, January 21, 2016
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England, Slovakia and Wales are lining up to play Leonid Slutski's side in France, but Russia have won their most recent games against all three of those teams.
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Qualifying: Group G runners-up
Top scorer: Artem Dzyuba (8 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W6 D2 L2 F21 A5 Pts20
EURO best: winners 1960 (as Soviet Union)
Last EURO: 2012 (group stage)
EURO appearances: 10 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988 (as Soviet Union), 1992 (as Commonwealth of Independent States), 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Russia v England (21.00CET, 11 June, Marseille)
EURO P4 W2 D0 L2 F5 A7
World Cup P2 W1 D1 L0 F3 A2
Friendlies P8 W1 D3 L4 F9 A16
- Russia got the better of England in qualifying for UEFA EURO 2008, finishing second in the group behind Croatia, who won 3-2 at Wembley in their final qualifier to eliminate Steve McClaren's team.
- In the two direct confrontations England won 3-0 at Wembley thanks to a couple of Michael Owen goals but lost 2-1 in Moscow. Roman Pavlyuchenko scored twice after England had led 1-0, through Wayne Rooney, at half-time.
- The Soviet Union defeated England 3-1 in Frankfurt at EURO '88 to send Bobby Robson's side home with three successive defeats; Valeriy Lobanovskiy's victors went on to reach the final.
Russia v Slovakia (15.00CET, 15 June, Lille)
EURO P5 W2 D1 L2 F6 A5
World Cup P4 W1 D3 L0 F4 A2
Friendlies P11 W6 D3 L2 F18 A11
- The nations met in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying, each losing 1-0 at home. Miroslav Stoch was on target for Slovakia in Moscow; Alan Dzagoev scored Russia's winner in Zilina.
- There had been nothing to choose between the teams either in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, a 1-1 draw in Moscow followed by a goalless stalemate in Bratislava.
- Aleksandr Kerzhakov scored the only goal, his 25th for Russia, in the most recent encounter – a St Petersburg friendly in May 2014.
Russia v Wales (21.00CET, 20 June, Toulouse)
EURO P2 W1 D1 L0 F1 A0
World Cup P6 W4 D1 L1 F11 A5
Friendlies P1 W0 D1 L0 F0 A0
- Georgi Yartsev's Russia qualified for UEFA EURO 2004 after overcoming Mark Hughes' Wales 1-0 on aggregate in a play-off. The only goal came from Vadim Yevseev at the Millennium Stadium in the second leg.
- Russia also got the better of Wales in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying, winning 2-1 in Moscow and 3-1 in Cardiff, where defender Sergei Ignashevich was among the scorers. It proved in vain, however, as Guus Hididnk's side lost in the play-offs to Slovenia.
- Wales' only win in five games against the USSR came in a 1966 World Cup qualifier, Ivor Allchurch scoring the late winner in Cardiff (2-1).
