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Cyprus vs Russia Prediction & Betting tips
In Group I of the European Championship qualification, Russia needs a draw on Sunday evening to secure its ticket for the European Championship next year. The country is visiting Cyprus, which in theory still has a tiny chance to qualify for the European Championship.
Cyprus:
The local top club APOEL managed to surprise a few years ago by reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but the national team of Cyprus never came close to qualifying for a major tournament. Also next year the islanders will have to watch again how the European Fever will break out in other countries, even though they still have a tiny chance to win qualification. With three group games to go, Cyprus is eight points behind Russia, so if the Cypriots win everything and the Russians lose everything, they go to the European Championship. Even the most optimistic Cypriot will realize that the chance of such a scenario is around 0.0000001 percent, but nothing is impossible in football.
With two victories in a row, the Cypriot form is certainly a must, although both victories were achieved against nobody’s like San Marino (0-4) and Kazakhstan (1-2). Against Russia, the team of national coach Ran Ben Shimon is of course just the underdog again, although the blue shirts naturally hope for a stunt. The Cypriot hope is mainly based on deep striker Pieros Sotiriou, who managed to score ten times in 38 international matches. Not bad figures for a striker in a otherwise very moderate team.
Russia:
Russia knows what to do on Sunday evening in Nicosia. Make sure you don’t lose, and you are definitely assured of participating in the European Championship. Even with a defeat, there is nothing wrong in view of the large lead in itself, although national coach Stanislav Cherchesov and his men will naturally want to receive the European Championship qualification as quickly as possible.
Normally standing upright on Sunday evening should not be a problem, because Russia is in top form. The country started with a 3-1 defeat against Belgium in Brussels with a false start, but the six European Championship qualifiers afterwards yielded no less than eighteen points. Last Thursday, Sbornaya hit home with a 4-0 win from Scotland. Star player Artem Dzyuba took two hits and can call himself vice-top scorer of the European Championship qualification with seven goals. With 23 goals in 39 international matches, the Zenit St Petersburg striker is only seven goals away from all-time top scorer Aleksandr Kerzhakov.
Cyprus vs Russia head to head matches
11.06.19 EUR Russia Cyprus 1 : 0
28.03.97 WC Cyprus Russia 1 : 1
31.08.96 WC Russia Cyprus 4 : 0
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| Prediction: | Russia to win |
| Selection odds: | 1,52 |
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