TotalBound Football
Russia
FT
3–3
6 Oct 2026
Nigeria
International Friendlies Tue 6 Oct, 17:00London Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Timeline

  1. 10' Kelechi Iheanacho assist Abdullahi Bewene
  2. 30' Lechii Sadulaev assist Matvey Kislyak
  3. 37' Ivan Oblyakov Yellow Card
  4. 43' Lechii Sadulaev Yellow Card
  5. 45'+2' Matvey Kislyak
  6. 45' Akor Adams for Stephen Fumen Michael
  7. 45' Abdullahi Omar for Kelechi Iheanacho
  8. 54' Alexey Miranchuk assist Aleksandr Sobolev
  9. 60' Konstantin Tyukavin for Aleksandr Sobolev
  10. 60' Kirill Glebov for Lechii Sadulaev
  11. 60' Maksim Glushenkov for Alexey Miranchuk
  12. 70' Osayande Peter Edokpolor for Aderemi Adeoye
  13. 70' Umar Abubakar for Moses Simon
  14. 78' Osayande Peter Edokpolor
  15. 79' Mingiyan Beveev for Viktor Melekhin
  16. 81' Chibuzo Nwoko Yellow Card
  17. 83' Vince Osuji for Chibuzo Nwoko
  18. 88' Danil Prutsev for Ivan Oblyakov
  19. 90'+4' Akor Adams assist Umar Abubakar
  20. 90'+6' Abdullahi Omar Yellow Card

Match stats

62.7% Possession 37.3%
17 Shots 10
6 On target 6
17 Fouls 10
2 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 2
3 Saves 3
468 Accurate passes 254

Lineups

Russia 4-3-3
1 Maksimenko
4 Krugovoi 5 Osipenko 14 Melekhin 30 Vakhanla
11 Batrakov 31 Kislyak 27 Oblyakov
20 Sadulaev 7 Sobolev 59 Miranchuk
Nigeria 4-3-1-2
1 James
3 James 6 Fernandez 5 Fredrick 2 Bewene
10 Igor 15 Simon 4 Adeoye
8 Michael
17 Nwoko 14 Iheanacho
Russia 4-3-3
  1. 1 Aleksandr Maksimenko G
  2. 5 Maksim Osipenko CD-L
  3. 14 Viktor Melekhin ▼ CD-R
  4. 4 Danil Krugovoi LB
  5. 30 Ilya Vakhanla RB
  6. 31 Matvey Kislyak CM
  7. 11 Alexey Batrakov LM
  8. 27 Ivan Oblyakov ▼ RM
  9. 7 Aleksandr Sobolev ▼ F
  10. 20 Lechii Sadulaev ▼ LF
  11. 59 Alexey Miranchuk ▼ RF

Came on

  1. 19 Kirill Glebov ▲ SUB
  2. 22 Mingiyan Beveev ▲ SUB
  3. 25 Danil Prutsev ▲ SUB
  4. 10 Konstantin Tyukavin ▲ SUB
  5. 67 Maksim Glushenkov ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (8)
  1. 16 Anton Mitryushkin SUB
  2. 23 Maksim Petrov SUB
  3. 15 Artem Karpukas SUB
  4. 8 Nail Umiarov SUB
  5. 2 Turpal-Ali Ibishev SUB
  6. 12 Stanislav Agkatsev SUB
  7. 3 Igor Diveev SUB
  8. 21 Arsen Adamov SUB
Nigeria 4-3-1-2
  1. 1 Samuel James G
  2. 6 Emmanuel Fernandez CD-L
  3. 5 Benjamin Fredrick CD-R
  4. 3 Isaac James LB
  5. 2 Abdullahi Bewene RB
  6. 15 Moses Simon ▼ M
  7. 4 Aderemi Adeoye ▼ CM
  8. 17 Chibuzo Nwoko ▼ AM
  9. 10 Wilfred Igor LM
  10. 8 Stephen Fumen Michael ▼ RM
  11. 14 Kelechi Iheanacho ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 22 Akor Adams ▲
  2. 12 Osayande Peter Edokpolor ▲
  3. 7 Abdullahi Omar ▲
  4. 20 Vince Osuji ▲
  5. 11 Umar Abubakar ▲
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 13 Kenneth Igboke
  2. 23 Stanley Nwabali
  3. 16 Michael Atata
  4. 19 Ibraheem Ajasa

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Russia 3, Nigeria 3.
  2. 90'+8' Second Half ends, Russia 3, Nigeria 3.
  3. 90'+7' Attempt missed. Matvey Kislyak (Russia) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Aleksey Batrakov.
  4. 90'+7' Attempt missed. Aleksey Batrakov (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  5. 90'+6' Abdullahi Umar (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 90'+6' Aleksey Batrakov (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  7. 90'+6' Foul by Abdullahi Umar (Nigeria).
  8. 90'+5' Foul by Kirill Glebov (Russia).
  9. 90'+5' Abdullahi Bewene (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  10. 90'+4' Goal! Russia 3, Nigeria 3. Akor Adams (Nigeria) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Umar Abubakar following a fast break.
  11. 90'+3' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  12. 90'+1' Delay in match because of an injury Aleksandr Maksimenko (Russia).
106 earlier entries
  1. 90'+1' Aleksandr Maksimenko (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  2. 90'+1' Foul by Abdullahi Umar (Nigeria).
  3. 90'+1' Attempt saved. Umar Abubakar (Nigeria) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Aleksandr Maksimenko (Russia). Assisted by Akor Adams.
  4. 90'+1' Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  5. 88' Substitution, Russia. Danil Prutsev replaces Ivan Oblyakov.
  6. 87' Foul by Ivan Oblyakov (Russia).
  7. 87' Vince Osuji (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  8. 85' Offside, Nigeria. Akor Adams is caught offside.
  9. 84' Matvey Kislyak (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  10. 84' Foul by Wilfred Igor (Nigeria).
  11. 83' Substitution, Nigeria. Vince Osuji replaces Chibby Nwoko.
  12. 83' Foul by Mingiyan Beveev (Russia).
  13. 83' Osayande Edokpolor (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  14. 82' Attempt saved. Aleksey Batrakov (Russia) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the centre of the goal by Samuel James (Nigeria).
  15. 81' Chibby Nwoko (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 81' Kirill Glebov (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  17. 81' Foul by Chibby Nwoko (Nigeria).
  18. 79' Substitution, Russia. Mingiyan Beveev replaces Viktor Melekhin.
  19. 78' Goal! Russia 3, Nigeria 2. Osayande Edokpolor (Nigeria) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner following a fast break.
  20. 76' Attempt missed. Konstantin Tyukavin (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksey Batrakov.
  21. 74' Attempt saved. Umar Abubakar (Nigeria) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by Aleksandr Maksimenko (Russia). Assisted by Isaac James.
  22. 70' Substitution, Nigeria. Umar Abubakar replaces Moses Simon.
  23. 70' Substitution, Nigeria. Osayande Edokpolor replaces Aderemi Adeoye.
  24. 69' Attempt missed. Maksim Glushenkov (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Viktor Melekhin with a headed pass following a corner.
  25. 69' Corner, Russia. Conceded by Abdullahi Bewene.
  26. 60' Substitution, Russia. Maksim Glushenkov replaces Aleksey Miranchuk.
  27. 60' Substitution, Russia. Kirill Glebov replaces Lechi Sadulaev.
  28. 60' Substitution, Russia. Konstantin Tyukavin replaces Aleksandr Sobolev.
  29. 57' Aleksandr Sobolev (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  30. 57' Foul by Aderemi Adeoye (Nigeria).
  31. 56' Attempt missed. Benjamin Fredrick (Nigeria) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Moses Simon with a cross following a set piece situation.
  32. 55' Foul by Maksim Osipenko (Russia).
  33. 55' Abdullahi Umar (Nigeria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  34. 54' Goal! Russia 3, Nigeria 1. Aleksey Miranchuk (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandr Sobolev.
  35. 53' Viktor Melekhin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  36. 53' Foul by Akor Adams (Nigeria).
  37. 52' Attempt saved. Moses Simon (Nigeria) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner by Aleksandr Maksimenko (Russia).
  38. 51' Foul by Viktor Melekhin (Russia).
  39. 51' Moses Simon (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  40. 49' Corner, Russia. Conceded by Emmanuel Fernandez.
  41. 49' Corner, Russia. Conceded by Benjamin Fredrick.
  42. 48' Foul by Lechi Sadulaev (Russia).
  43. 48' Abdullahi Bewene (Nigeria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  44. 45' Second Half begins Russia 2, Nigeria 1.
  45. 45' Substitution, Nigeria. Abdullahi Umar replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  46. 45' Substitution, Nigeria. Akor Adams replaces Stephen Michael.
  47. 45'+2' First Half ends, Russia 2, Nigeria 1.
  48. 45'+2' Goal! Russia 2, Nigeria 1. Matvey Kislyak (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  49. 45'+1' Attempt saved. Aleksandr Sobolev (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Samuel James (Nigeria). Assisted by Ivan Oblyakov.
  50. 45' Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  51. 44' Handball by Lechi Sadulaev (Russia).
  52. 43' Lechi Sadulaev (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  53. 43' Foul by Lechi Sadulaev (Russia).
  54. 43' Abdullahi Bewene (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  55. 39' Attempt missed. Moses Simon (Nigeria) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  56. 38' Corner, Nigeria. Conceded by Maksim Osipenko.
  57. 38' Attempt missed. Emmanuel Fernandez (Nigeria) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Chibby Nwoko following a corner.
  58. 37' Corner, Nigeria. Conceded by Ivan Oblyakov.
  59. 37' Ivan Oblyakov (Russia) is shown the yellow card.
  60. 36' Foul by Ivan Oblyakov (Russia).
  61. 36' Moses Simon (Nigeria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  62. 36' Attempt blocked. Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked. Assisted by Stephen Michael.
  63. 36' Offside, Russia. Aleksandr Sobolev is caught offside.
  64. 35' Lechi Sadulaev (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  65. 35' Foul by Chibby Nwoko (Nigeria).
  66. 34' Foul by Viktor Melekhin (Russia).
  67. 34' Stephen Michael (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  68. 32' Attempt saved. Aleksey Miranchuk (Russia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Samuel James (Nigeria). Assisted by Ilya Vakhania.
  69. 31' Corner, Russia. Conceded by Emmanuel Fernandez.
  70. 30' Goal! Russia 1, Nigeria 1. Lechi Sadulaev (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matvey Kislyak.
  71. 29' Aleksey Batrakov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  72. 29' Foul by Stephen Michael (Nigeria).
  73. 28' Attempt missed. Ivan Oblyakov (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Aleksandr Sobolev.
  74. 27' Offside, Russia. Aleksey Miranchuk is caught offside.
  75. 27' Attempt blocked. Aleksandr Sobolev (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  76. 22' Foul by Ivan Oblyakov (Russia).
  77. 22' Aderemi Adeoye (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  78. 18' Attempt missed. Maksim Osipenko (Russia) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Aleksey Batrakov with a cross following a corner.
  79. 18' Corner, Russia. Conceded by Chibby Nwoko.
  80. 17' Corner, Russia. Conceded by Samuel James.
  81. 16' Attempt blocked. Ivan Oblyakov (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk.
  82. 15' Corner, Russia. Conceded by Benjamin Fredrick.
  83. 14' Foul by Viktor Melekhin (Russia).
  84. 14' Moses Simon (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  85. 14' Attempt blocked. Aleksandr Sobolev (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Oblyakov.
  86. 13' Aleksey Miranchuk (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  87. 13' Foul by Isaac James (Nigeria).
  88. 10' Goal! Russia 0, Nigeria 1. Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abdullahi Bewene.
  89. 9' Offside, Nigeria. Moses Simon is caught offside.
  90. 8' Foul by Lechi Sadulaev (Russia).
  91. 8' Benjamin Fredrick (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  92. 6' Corner, Nigeria. Conceded by Danil Krugovoy.
  93. 6' Foul by Viktor Melekhin (Russia).
  94. 6' Wilfred Igor (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  95. 6' Foul by Matvey Kislyak (Russia).
  96. 6' Chibby Nwoko (Nigeria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  97. 5' Foul by Aleksandr Sobolev (Russia).
  98. 5' Benjamin Fredrick (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  99. 4' Foul by Aleksandr Sobolev (Russia).
  100. 4' Emmanuel Fernandez (Nigeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  101. 3' Attempt missed. Lechi Sadulaev (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
  102. 2' Lechi Sadulaev (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  103. 2' Foul by Benjamin Fredrick (Nigeria).
  104. 2' Attempt missed. Danil Krugovoy (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ivan Oblyakov.
  105. First Half begins.
  106. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Russia W W W W L

  • L at Egypt 1-0 Men's International Friendly
  • W Burkina Faso 3-0 Men's International Friendly
  • W Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 Men's International Friendly
  • W Iran 2-0 Men's International Friendly
  • W Namibia 6-0 Men's International Friendly

Nigeria L W L D W

  • W at Jamaica 3-0 Men's International Friendly
  • D at Poland 2-2 Men's International Friendly
  • L at Portugal 2-1 Men's International Friendly
  • W Madagascar 2-1 AFCON Qualifying
  • L at Guinea-Bissau 3-0 AFCON Qualifying

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