Qatar – Russia (LIVE STREAM)

Qatar and Russia play at Doha Stadium in a friendly. This is the fifth friendly this Qatar does this year, after friendly against Thailand, Jordan, Iraq and Albania. In the case of Russia, this is their 8th friendly of the year, having already faced Costa Rica, Ghana, Turkey, Serbia, Czech Republic, France and Lithuania. There is no recent record of direct clashes between the two teams, who have not played any matches in the last 3 years. The last time they faced was on 29-03-2011, in a match that ended with the final result: Qatar (1-1) Russia. It is necessary to analyze with special attention the home / outside condition, as Qatar presents different results at home and abroad.
Analysis of Qatar
The staff of the house dispute its 5th friendly of the year. In previous friendly matches he recorded the following results: Qatar (3-0) Thailand, Jordan (2-3) Qatar, Qatar (2-1) Iraq and Albania (3-1) Qatar. This is a team affected by the home factor, the stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses as a visitor, with 23 goals scored and 25 conceded, against 10 wins, 1 draw And 4 defeats at home, with 38 goals scored and 9 conceded. The team arrives at this meeting after a home win with Syria by (1-0). Qatar won 8 and lost 2 of their last 10 home games for all competitions. The team conceded goals to their opponents in 3 of the last 4 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored with great regularity, since they have always scored at least one goal in the last 4 games in this competition. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 4 times and never managed to turn the score.

Qatar come to this motivated game with a 1-0 win over Syria at home to win the first qualifying round of the 2018 World Cup: Hassan Khalid scored the only goal of the team. In the prep game, coach Jorge Fossati should score in 4-4-2 with the defensive line-up and the long ball to the attack, especially for Sebastián Soria: he is very fast and strong in the end. We still emphasize that the team of the house presents great failures in the maintenance of possession of ball and finalization. For this game the coach must keep the same team of the last games.
Analysis of Russia
The visiting team disputes its 8th friendly of the year. In the previous friendlies he had the following results: Russia (3-4) Costa Rica, Russia (1-0) Ghana, Turkey (0-0) Russia, Serbia (1-1) Russia, France (4-2) Russia and Russia (3-0) Lithuania. This is a team little affected by the house factor, that is, presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games has recorded 5 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses as a visitor, with a total of 26 goals scored and 14 conceded. Already inside the home, won 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses, with a total of 23 goals scored and 18 conceded. In the last 9 matches played in all competitions, Russia have won 4, drawn 3 and lost 2. Their attack has scored regularly as they have scored goals in 6 of the last 7 games for this competition. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never managed to turn the board.

Russia’s side arrive at this game with a 3-4 home defeat by Costa Rica in preparation for the next World Cup in their country: the goals were scored by Samedov and Dzyuba (scored 2 Goals). In this game coach Stanislav Cherchesov should play in the 4-2-3-1, with Dzyuba being the most advanced man on the team. It is important to emphasize that the Russian team presents great offensive quality, especially in the transition defense-attack. For this friendly the coach can count on the same players that lined up in the last game.