Russia 3–3 Nigeria
Russia
3–3HT 2–1
Nigeria
Russia played Nigeria in the Friendlies on 6 October 2026 at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium. The match finished 3–3.
Goals and cards
- 10'K. Iheanacho (assist by A. Bewene)
- 30'L. Sadulaev (assist by M. Kislyak)
- 37'I. Oblyakov — Yellow card
- 43'L. Sadulaev — Yellow card
- 45+2'M. Kislyak
- 54'A. Miranchuk (assist by A. Sobolev)
- 78'P. Edokpolor
- 81'C. Nwoko — Yellow card
- 90+4'A. Adams (assist by U. Abubakar)
- 90+6'U. Abubakar — Yellow card
Line-ups
Russia 4-3-3
- Aleksandr Maksimenko
- Ilya Vakhaniya
- Viktor Melekhin
- Maksim Osipenko
- Danil Krugovoy
- Ivan Oblyakov
- Matvey Kislyak
- Aleksey Batrakov
- Aleksey Miranchuk
- Aleksandr Sobolev
- Lechi Sadulaev
- SUBSTITUTES
- Kirill Glebov
- Maksim Glushenkov
- Konstantin Tyukavin
- Anton Mitryushkin
- Stanislav Agkatsev
- Turpal-Ali Ibishev
- Igor Diveev
- Arsen Adamov
- Artem Karpukas
- Mingiyan Beveev
- Danyl Prutsev
- Nail Umyarov
- Maksim Petrov
Nigeria 4-3-1-2
- Samuel Friday James
- Abdullahi Bewene
- Benjamin Fredrick
- Emmanuel Fernandez
- Isaac James
- Stephen Michael
- Aderemi Adeoye
- Wilfred George Igor
- Chibuzo Nwoko
- Kelechi Iheanacho
- Moses Simon
- SUBSTITUTES
- Akor Adams
- Abdullahi Umar
- Stanley Nwabali
- Michael Atata
- Kenneth Igboke
- Vince Osuji
- Umar Abubakar
- Ibraheem Ajasa
- Osayande Peter Edokpolor
Match statistics
| Russia | Nigeria | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 6 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 15 | Total shots | 9 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 10 | Shots inside box | 5 |
| 5 | Shots outside box | 4 |
| 16 | Fouls | 9 |
| 7 | Corners | 3 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 62% | Possession | 38% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 524 | Total passes | 318 |
| 453 | Accurate passes | 250 |
| 86% | Pass accuracy | 79% |