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Kick off: 14 November @15:00 CET
Venue: Stadion Kuban (Krasnodar)
Head to head record
Portugal vs Russia 1-0 (2014 World Cup qualifier)
Russia vs Portugal 1-0 (2014 World Cup qualifier)
Russia vs Portugal 0-0 (2006 World Cup qualifier)
Portugal vs Russia 7-1 (2006 World Cup qualifier)
Russia vs Portugal 0-2 (Euro 2004)
Russia
Last 5 matches
Russia vs Montenegro 2-0 (Euro 2021 qualifier)
Moldova vs Russia 1-2 (Euro 2021 qualifier)
Liechtenstein vs Russia 0-7 (Euro 2021 qualifier)
Russia vs Sweden 1-0 (Euro 2021 qualifier)
Russia vs Austria 0-1 (Euro 2021 qualifier)
Team News
Oleg Shatov (20/2), Vasili Berezutski (91/4) and Igor Smolnikov (10/0) are all unavailable through injury, whereas coach Leonid Slutski did not want to take any chances with Aleksandr Kokorin, who is not fully fit.
Artyom Rebrov, Artur Yusupov and Vladislav Ignatyev all hope to win their maiden caps for Russia, but the national team boss is unlikely to experiment too much and is expected to field a very strong side.
Probable starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Akinfeev – Kuzmin, Ignashevich, A. Berezutski, D. Kombarov – Denisov, Dzagoev – Smolov, Shirokov, Zhirkov – Dzyuba.
Portugal
Last 5 matches
Serbia vs Portugal 1-2 (Euro 2021 qualifier)
Portugal vs Denmark 1-0 (Euro 2021 qualifier)
Albania vs Portugal 0-1 (Euro 2021 qualifier)
Portugal vs France 0-1 (International friendly)
Italy vs Portugal 0-1 (International friendly)
Team News
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was left out of the squad in order to get some rest, which did not go down well among Portugal fans, with Ricardo Carvalho, Ricardo Quaresma and Tiago Mendes also allowed to skip the November friendlies.
The likes of Fabio Coentrao, Danny, Eder, Joao Moutinho, Andre Gomes and Adrien Silva all miss out through injury, with Ruben Neves and Rafa Silva drafted into the squad.
Nice defender Ricardo Pereira, Sheffield Wednesday forward Lucas Joao as well as Benfica and Porto starlets Goncalo Guedes and Ruben Neves are the four uncapped players on the roster.
Probable starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Patricio – Vieirinha, Pepe, Alves, Guerreiro – Andre Andre, William Carvalho, Danilo Pereira – Nani, Nelson Oliveira, Bernardo Silva.
IST Facts
-Russia and Portugal have met five times so far, with the Selecao more successful (W3 D1 L1)
-Under 1.5 goals were scored in each of the last three meetings between the two sides
-Both teams recorded a 1-0 win over the opposition in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers at home
-Since Leonid Slutsky took over, Russia have won all four matches
-They only conceded one goal in the process, while scoring 12 in total
-1-0 was the correct score in four straight Portugal matches prior to the 2-1 win over Serbia
