Russia hosts Slovenia in round 2 of the World Cup Qualification. The match will be played on Saturday, March 27th at Fisht Olympic Stadium (Sochi)
Russia showed quite good results at the home World Cup and confidently got through the European Championship qualifiers. But having started with two victories in autumn, the team showed a terrible segment. The Russians failed to win six matches in a row, including 0-0 with Moldova and, most importantly, 0-5 with Serbia. After that, it was important for Stanislav Cherchesov's charges to interrupt this black streak and to win. And they gained a landslide victory over Malta. But it is worth remembering about the frankly low class of the opponent, including the Islanders' goalkeeper who conceded goals after three of four shots on target. And Sobolev broke the tension only in the 90th minute. However, Dzyuba returned - he had a goal and an assist in the 1st half.
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The Slovenes were considered a strong middle peasant and a master of the playoffs. And they knocked out the Russians some time ago. But the defeat to the Ukrainians (in 2015), who avenged the memorable relegation named after Shovkovskyi, seemed to knock Slovenia down. It did not manage to advance to any major tournaments, and only last year the team finally drew attention to itself, having won the Nations League group. And the Slovenes managed to build on the progress in the first match of these qualifiers. Sandi Lovric from Lugano opened the scoring in the 15th minute of the game against Croatia. After that, the Slovenes gave an advantage to the Croats and fought off quite confidently. And, most importantly, they kept the score and gained an important victory over one of the favorites. Matjaz Kek says that his players should not fall into some kind of euphoria. Well, let's see what the national team will show in Sochi.
Russia had problems with creativity even in the match against Malta. And now it will be opposed by Oblak and the company, for which 0-0 will be a good result. We think that the upcoming match won’t please the fans with an abundance of goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
