#WorldcupwithSTEVEKONCEPT:Russia Vs Saudi Arabia: Squad News, Match Preview, Time And More

The 2018 World Cup kicks off on Thursday, June 14, 2018 with a Group A fixture
between host nation Russia and Saudi Arabia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
Thursday’s match will be the only one held on that day to coincide with the
opening ceremony, with three group stage fixtures taking place each day until
June 28.
Russia enters the match in full strength but has yet to win a friendly in 2018, with
two of the matches coming against Brazil and France.
Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, played well in a 2-1 loss to Germany last week and is
confident it can get something in this game.
Game: Russia vs Saudi Arabia
Date: Thursday, June 14
Time : 4pm
In Nigeria, the match will be shown on DSTY Supersports channels and GOTV
sports channels.
In the United Kingdom (UK), the game can be watched live on ITV or streamed live
online using the ITV Player. Saudi Arabia
What are the squads? 
Saudi Arabia

Goalkeepers: Mohammed Al Owais (Al Ahli), Yasser Al Mosailem (Al Ahli),
Abdullah Al Mayouf (Al Hilal).
Defenders: Mansoor Al Harbi (Al Ahli), Yasser Al Shahrani (Al Hilal) Mohammed
Al Breik (Al Hilal), Motaz Hawsawi (Al Ahli), Osama Hawsawi (Al Hilal), Omar
Hawsawi (Al Nassr), Ali Al Bulaihi (Al Hilal).
Midfielders: Abdullah Al Khaibari (Al Shabab), Abdulmalek Al Khaibri (Al Hilal),
Abdullah Otayf (Al Hilal), Taiseer Al Jassim (Al Ahli), Houssain Al Mogahwi (Al
Ahli), Salman Al Faraj, Mohamed Kanno (both Al Hilal), Hattan Bahebri (Al
Shabab), Salem Al Dawsari (Al Hilal), Yahya Al Shehri (Al Nassr), Fahad Al
Muwallad (Al Ittihad)
Forwards: Mohammad Al Sahlawi (Al Nassr), Muhannad Assiri (Al Ahli)

Russia

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Gabulov (Brugge), Andrei
Lunyov (Zenit St. Petersburg).
Defenders: Mario Fernandes (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Granat (Rubin Kazan),
Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Fyodor Kudryashov (Rubin Kazan), Ilya
Kutepov (Spartak Moscow), Andrei Semyonov (Akhmat Grozny), Igor Smolnikov
(Zenit St. Petersburg).
Midfielders: Denis Cheryshev (Villarreal), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow), Yuri
Gazinsky (FC Krasnodar), Alexander Golovin (CSKA Moscow), Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit
St. Petersburg), Anton Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Alexander Samedov
(Spartak Moscow), Alexander Yerokhin (Zenit St. Petersburg), Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit
St. Petersburg), Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moscow).
Forwards: Artyom Dzyuba (Arsenal Tula), Alexei Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow),
Fyodor Smolov (FC Krasnodar).

Team news :
Russia don’t have a standout players. So they will have to rely on the emerging
talents of Aleksandr Golovin, who is their most dangerous attacking player and
aged just 22.
They have also included ex-Chelsea full-back Zhirkov who is s nearing the end of
his international career.
Potential Russia XI: Akinfeev; Zhirkov, Kutepov, Ignashevich, Fernandes; Golovin,
Kuzyayev, Zobnin, Samedov; Dzagoev, Smolov
For the Saudi Arabians, they parade three key men in the likes of Al-Abed, Al-
Muwall and Al-Shehri.
Al-Abed scored five goals in the qualification stages and remains to be Saudi
Arabia’s top-scorer en route to the finals.
Potential Saudi Arabia XI: Al-Muaiouf, Al-Burayk, Al-Boleahi, Hawsawi, Al-Harbi,
Al-Faraj, Ali-Khaibari, Kanno, Al-Jassim, Al-Shehri, Al-Sahlawi