Russia 2-0 Malta (Sep 7, 2021) Lineups

Malta

1-1-4, 4 PTS

Fedor Smolov - 10'
Zelimkhan Bakaev - 84' Pen

1
Guilherme
4
Karavaev
5
Osipenko
3
Diveev
23
Kuzyaev
15
Miranchuk
8
Barinov
21
Erokhin
17
Zakharyan
9
Smolov
20
Ionov

No.Name
1Guilherme
5Maksim Osipenko
3Igor Diveev
4Vyacheslav Karavaev
23Daler Kuzyaev
8Dmitri Barinov
15Alexey Miranchuk 13Ilya Samoshnikov
21Aleksandr Erokhin 11Roman Zobnin
9Fedor Smolov 7Anton Zabolotny
17Arsen Zakharyan 10Zelimkhan Bakaev
20Aleksei Ionov 19Rifat Zhemaletdinov

Substitutes
6Denis Cheryshev
22Konstantin Tyukavin
12Aleksandr Maksimenko
18Alex Sutormin
16Andrey Lunev
2Maksim Mukhin
14Georgi Dzhikiya

1
Bonello
4
Borg
5
Agius
22
Muscat
3
Camenzuli
17
Teuma
10
Pisani
18
Attard
11
Mbong
7
Mbong
9
Montebello

No.Name
1Henry Bonello
5Andrei Agius 2Kurt Shaw
4Steve Borg
22Zach Muscat
17Teddy Teuma 6Nikolai Muscat
10Stephen Pisani 23Tristan Carauna
3Ryan Camenzuli
18Cain Attard 21Shaun Dimech
9Luke Montebello 19Alexander Satariano
11Paul Mbong
7Joseph Mbong

Substitutes
16Jake Galea
20Dexter Xuereb
13Karl Micallef
12Matthew Grech
15Juan Corbalan
14Yannick Yankam
8Jake Grech

Lukoil Arena

2:45 PM, September 7, 2021Coverage: ESPN+

Moscow, Russia

Attendance: 10,508

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Croatia	10	7	2	1	+17	23
Russia	10	7	1	2	+13	22
Slovakia	10	3	5	2	+7	14
Slovenia	10	4	2	4	+1	14
Cyprus	10	1	2	7	-17	5
Malta	10	1	2	7	-21	5

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