Friendly

France 4–2 Russia

Tuesday 29 Mar 2016 · Saint-Denis, France

France4–2Russia

Goals6

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Kanté Gignac Kokorin Payet Zhirkov Coman

8′1–0N'Golo Kanté France
38′2–0André-Pierre Gignac France
56′2–1Aleksandr Kokorin Russia
64′3–1Dimitri Payet France
68′3–2Yuri Zhirkov Russia
76′4–2Kingsley Coman France

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

France

Came on

20Kingsley Coman●↑45′
22Jérémy Mathieu↑45′
17Lucas Digne↑54′
8Dimitri Payet●↑62′
18Moussa Sissoko↑69′
9Olivier Giroud↑79′

Russia

1Igor AkinfeevGK ↓45′
2Oleg KuzminDF
6Aleksei BerezutskiDF
14Vasili BerezutskiDF
18Yuri ZhirkovDF● ↓69′
9Aleksandr KokorinMF● ↓80′
10Alan DzagoevMF
17Oleg ShatovMF ↓88′
24Aleksandr GolovinMF ↓80′
15Roman ShirokovFW ↓70′
22Artem DzyubaFW

Came on

12Yuri Lodygin↑45′
3Igor Smolnikov↑69′
5Pavel Mamaev↑70′
20Fedor Smolov↑80′
8Denis Glushakov↑80′
19Aleksandr Samedov↑88′

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

France: 2002 → 2007
Russia: 1813 → 1808

Expected score for France: 84.1% (a draw counts half), home advantage included.

Head to head

Meeting 18 of 19, 1955–2018.

France wins: 6
Draws: 7
Russia wins: 6

Form either side

France

Before

4–0 v Armenia 8 Oct 2015 · Friendly
2–1 v Denmark 11 Oct 2015 · Friendly
2–0 v Germany 13 Nov 2015 · Friendly
0–2 v England 17 Nov 2015 · Friendly
3–2 v Netherlands 25 Mar 2016 · Friendly

After

3–2 v Cameroon 30 May 2016 · Friendly
3–0 v Scotland 4 Jun 2016 · Friendly
2–1 v Romania 10 Jun 2016 · UEFA Euro 2016
2–0 v Albania 15 Jun 2016 · UEFA Euro 2016
0–0 v Switzerland 19 Jun 2016 · UEFA Euro 2016

Russia

Before

2–1 v Moldova 9 Oct 2015 · UEFA Euro qualification 2015
2–0 v Montenegro 12 Oct 2015 · UEFA Euro qualification 2015
1–0 v Portugal 14 Nov 2015 · Friendly
1–3 v Croatia 17 Nov 2015 · Friendly
3–0 v Lithuania 26 Mar 2016 · Friendly

After

1–2 v Czech Republic 1 Jun 2016 · Friendly
1–1 v Serbia 5 Jun 2016 · Friendly
1–1 v England 11 Jun 2016 · UEFA Euro 2016
1–2 v Slovakia 15 Jun 2016 · UEFA Euro 2016
0–3 v Wales 20 Jun 2016 · UEFA Euro 2016

Every France v Russia match19

From France's side.


27 Mar 2018	Russia	3–1	Away	Friendly	—
29 Mar 2016	Russia	4–2	Home	Friendly	—
17 Apr 2002	Russia	0–0	Home	Friendly	—
5 Jun 1999	Russia	2–3	Home	UEFA Euro qualification 1999	—
10 Oct 1998	Russia	3–2	Away	UEFA Euro qualification 1998	—
25 Mar 1998	Russia	0–1	Away	Friendly	—
28 Jul 1993	Russia	3–1	Home	Friendly	—
9 Sep 1987	Russia	1–1	Away	UEFA Euro qualification 1987	—
11 Oct 1986	Russia	0–2	Home	UEFA Euro qualification 1986	—
5 Jun 1986	Russia	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 1986	Group stage
23 Mar 1983	Russia	1–1	Home	Friendly	—
23 May 1980	Russia	0–1	Away	Friendly	—
8 Oct 1977	Russia	0–0	Home	Friendly	—
26 May 1973	Russia	0–2	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 1973	—
13 Oct 1972	Russia	1–0	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 1972	—
3 Jun 1967	Russia	2–4	Home	Friendly	—
5 Jun 1966	Russia	3–3	Away	Friendly	—
21 Oct 1956	Russia	2–1	Home	Friendly	—
23 Oct 1955	Russia	2–2	Away	Friendly	—

Score: openfootball · Scorers: ESPN · Line-ups: ESPN · Cards: ESPN