The friendly match between the national teams of Russia and Syria will take place on November 19 at Volgograd Arena. Russia vs. Syria: prediction and betting odds, statistics.
Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
Matches – 10 (International matches, 2023/24–2024/25);
Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 27;
Average yellow cards per match – 2.7;
Red cards shown – 1;
Average fouls per match – 19;
Penalties – 30%.
Predicted lineups for Russia vs. Syria
Russia (4-2-3-1): Alexander Maksimenko – Ilya Samoshnikov, Alexander Soldatenkov, Maksim Osipenko, Arsen Adamov – Artem Karpukas, Danil Glebov – Sergey Pinyaev, Alexey Miranchuk, Tamerlan Musaev – Konstantin Tyukavin.
Syria (4-2-3-1): Ibrahim Alma – Zakaria Hanan, Emiliano Amor, Omar Al-Midani, Khaled Kurdoghli – Elmar Abraham, Tayer Kruma – Mahmoud Al-Aswad, Mohammed Osman, Mahmoud Al-Mawas – Alaa Al-Dali.
Russia
During the current international break, Valery Karpin's side played a friendly against Brunei at home and secured an emphatic 11-0 victory. This win marked a record in the team's history and was their fifth consecutive win in friendly matches. Additionally, Russia has not conceded a single goal in this stretch while scoring a total of 30 goals.
- The team has won their last six home friendly matches.
- The team has not scored more than two goals in 7 of their last 11 home friendly matches.
- Russia has kept a clean sheet in their last six home friendly matches.
Syria
Jose Lana's side will play for the first time during this international window, with their last matches being part of an international tournament in Thailand. There, Syria defeated Tajikistan in the semi-finals but lost to the hosts 1-2 in the final.
- The team has lost 6 of their last 7 away friendly matches.
- At least one opponent failed to score in 9 of their last friendly matches.
- No more than two goals were scored in 7 of Syria's last 9 away friendly matches.
Russia vs. Syria: Match Prediction
After Russia's dominant display against Brunei, the team has a good chance to extend their successful run in friendly matches. At home, Russia looks invincible lately, boasting six consecutive clean-sheet victories in friendlies. Facing Syria will be more challenging than Brunei, but head coach Valery Karpin is expected to field a stronger lineup.
Syria is not among the strongest teams in Asia and their results are not impressive. Even in friendlies, they rarely achieve significant victories, with a win over China (1-0) being a notable success. However, their recent away friendly match statistics are weak, with six clean-sheet losses in seven previous games.
I think Valery Karpin's team will once again deliver a strong performance and not give the opponent many chances in attack. My prediction: Clean sheet victory for Russia