Preview
- In the Friendly International of the 2026 Friendlies, Russia and Nigeria lock horns on 2026-10-06 at 17:00 GMT.
- Russia and Nigeria will both field their strongest squads with no absentees.
- We're predicting Russia to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-3-3, and Nigeria are expected to line up in 4-3-1-2.
- Conflicting outcomes: Russia triumphed 6-0 over Namibia, while Nigeria went down 0-3 to Guinea-Bissau.
- Form edge goes to Russia (4-0-1) against a faltering Nigeria (2-1-2) from their past 5 matches.
- Very even book: across 1 encounter, it stands at 0-0 wins with 1 draw between Russia and Nigeria.
- We predict Russia to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (5-1-0) and 2.83 goals/game.
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Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Russia
Nigeria
Events
| 10' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 30' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 37' | I. Oblyakov | ||
| 43' | L. Sadulaev | ||
| 45+2' | 2 - 1 | ||
HT 2 - 1 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 46' | |||
| 54' | 3 - 1 | ||
| 60' | |||
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| 70' | |||
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| 78' | 3 - 2 | ||
| 79' | |||
| 81' | C. Nwoko | ||
| 83' | |||
| 88' | |||
| 90+4' | 3 - 3 | ||
| 90+6' | U. Abubakar | ||
Stats
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TV Channels
Russia is going head to head with Nigeria on 6/10/2026 16:00 GMT for the International Friendlies. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Russia v Nigeria H2H statistics!