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Cherchesov makes three alterations to the starting line-up that lost against Belgium. In goal, Safonov replaces Shunin, while in front of him Igor Diveev proves his fitness to come in for Semenov. Veteran left-back Yuri Zhirkov also misses out with a calf injury, meaning Miranchuk starts further forward with Kuzyaev dropping to full-back.
Kanerva opts for just the sole change from Finland’s win over Denmark. Captain Sparv drops to the bench and Schuller replaces him in midfield. The match-winners from the last game, Pojhanpalo and Hradecky, start as opposite ends of the pitch as Kanerva’s men look to build on their positive start.
SUBS: Yuri Dyupin, Anton Shunin, Roman Evgeniev, Anton Zabolotny, Maksim Mukhin, Denis Cheryshev, Rifat Zhemaletdinov, Andrey Semenov, Alexander Sobolev, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Daniil Fomin.
RUSSIA (4-3-3): Matvey Safonov; Mario Fernandes, Igor Diveev, Georgi Dzhikiya, Daler Kuzyaev; Magomed Ozdoev, Dimitri Barinov, Roman Zobnin; Aleksey Miranchuk, Artem Dzyuba, Aleksandr Golovin.
SUBS: Pyry Soiri, Lassi Lappalainen, Joni Kauko, Tim Sparv, Onni Valakari, Robert Ivanov, Marcus Forss, Nikolai Alho, Anssi Jaakkola, Fredrik Jensen, Jesse Joronen, Leo Vaisanen.
FINLAND (3-4-1-2): Lukas Hradecky; Daniel O’Shaughnessy, Paulus Arajuuri, Joona Toivio; Jere Uronen, Rasmus Schuller, Glen Kamara, Jukka Ratiala; Robin Lod; Joel Pojhanpalo, Teemu Pukki.
Russia were no match for the world’s number-one ranked team as they fell to a 3-0 loss against Roberto Martinez’s well-drilled and creative Belgium side. The three-goal deficit means they are bottom of Group B and also stretched their winless European Championship run to six games. Reassuringly for Stanislav Cherchesov’s men, however, they have never lost four in a row in this competition and they have also claimed four wins from four encounters with today’s opponents.
Football understandably took a backseat in Finland’s 1-0 win over Denmark on Saturday, with the concern over Christian Eriksen’s health taking priority. While the result was of secondary importance, it did represent success for Markku Kanerva’s men, who had Joel Pohjanpalo’s goal and Lukas Hradecky’s penalty save to thank for their victory. A win against the Danes also ended a six-game winless run and put them in good standing in Group B.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Euro 2020 Group B clash between Finland and Russia.
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Since the dissolution of the USSR, Russia have won all four of their games against Finland, scoring at least three goals in each of those matches (15 goals for, 1 against).