After suffering a disappointing 3-0 defeat at the hands of Belgium, Russia will aim to produce a quick response as they face a tricky battle against Finland on matchday two.
Romelu Lukaku was on form and caused huge problems for the Russians, putting two into the net with his teammate, Meunier, adding the other.
Finland, in comparison, experienced a bright start to the competition, clinching a 1-0 victory over Denmark. The game was initially brought to a halt after a scary incident on Christian Eriksen but was restarted a few hours later.
Russia to provide quick response
Russia no doubt faced a much superior side in Belgium which possess a lot of quality players. In this match however, they will have a less quality side to deal with.
Artem Dzyuba will be in the spotlight and will be looked at to score the goals for his team. Finland will also hope Teemu Pukki comes to the party and help the team to a second consecutive win.
Russia have scored at least three goals against Finland in their last three battles and could produce a similar outcome on Wednesday.
Team news
Finland predicted XI: Hradecky, Uronen, O’Shaughnessy, Arajuuri, Toivio, Raitala, Kamara, Sparv, Lod, Pukki, Pohjanpalo
Russia predicted XI: Shunin, Zhirkov, Dzhikiya, Semyonov, Fernandes, Ozdoyev, Barinov, Kuzyayev, Golovin, Zobnin
The odds
Russia are heavy favorites to win this tie, with Betway pricing their odds of winning at 1.63. Finland, in comparison, have their odds priced at 5.57. The chances of the game producing more than two goals have been pinned at 2.28 odds.
Finland v Russia head-to-head
10th June 2009: Finland 0-3 Russia (FIFA World Cup qualifiers)
15th October 2008: Russia 3-0 Finland (FIFA World Cup qualifiers)
15th November 1995: Russia 3-1 Finland (UEFA European championship qualifiers)
16th August 1995: Finland 0-6 Russia (UEFA European championship qualifiers)
Russia have been superior to their upcoming opponents on head-to-head basis, winning all of their last four battles. They have averaged 3.75 goals in those games.
How to follow the tournament in Ghana
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Enjoy selected live matches televised on Joy Prime (English) and Adom TV (Akan). You can also watch games in high definition on the HD+ Decoder, where Joy Prime HD is channel 102 and Adom TV HD is channel 103.
On radio, get live commentary of this match in English (Joy 99.7 FM, Luv 99.5 FM and/or Hitz 103.9 FM) or in Akan (Adom 106.3 FM, Nhyira 104.5 FM, and Asempa 94.7 FM).
You can also get all the above programs (radio and TV) streaming on the media section of this website.
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