Finland vs Russia will play at Euro 2020, Group B, in St Petersburg, Russia, on Saint Petersburg Stadium, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 at 15:00 (GMT+1). It will be the 2nd match for the both teams at European Championship 2020.
Finland vs Russia Match Preview
The first match between the two teams took place more than 100 years ago, at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. The match took place in the finals where Finland won 2-1. It was also the only confrontation that Sweden has won so far against Russia.
Finland:
Finland won the first Group B match 1-0 against Denmark. It was the first victory in history for Finland at the European Championship where it made its debut this summer. The match was a special one and the Finns needed a lot of chances to win this first game.
Russia:
Russia lost the first game in the group, 3-0 with Belgium, the main favorite in this group. For Russia, only the victory in today’s match counts in order to have more chances to qualify in the Euro 2020 quarterfinals.
Finland vs Russia statistics and possible teams
The last four direct matches between Finland and Russia were won with at least two goals difference by Russia. Russia’s clearest victory was in 1995 when they won 6-0 at Finland.
Finland squad for Euro 2020
Goalkeepers: Lukas Hradecky (Leverkusen), Anssi Jaakkola (Bristol Rovers), Jesse Joronen (Brescia)
Defenders: Paulus Arajuuri (Pafos), Robert Ivanov (Warta Poznań), Thomas Lam (Zwolle), Daniel O’Shaughnessy (HJK Helsinki), Jukka Raitala (Minnesota United), Joona Toivio (Häcken), Jere Uronen (Genk), Nicholas Hämäläinen (QPR), Sauli Väisänen (Chievo)
Midfielders: Nikolai Alho (MTK Budapest), Fredrik Jensen (Augsburg), Glen Kamara (Rangers), Joni Kauko (Esbjerg), Robin Lod (Minnesota United), Rasmus Schüller (Djurgården), Pyry Soiri (Esbjerg), Tim Sparv (Larissa), Robert Taylor (Brann), Onni Valakari (Pafos)
Forwards: Marcus Forss (Brentford), Lassi Lappalainen (Montréal), Joel Pohjanpalo (Union Berlin), Teemu Pukki (Norwich)
Russia squad for Euro 2020
Goalkeepers: Yuri Dyupin (Rubin), Matvei Safonov (Krasnodar), Anton Shunin (Dinamo Moskva)
Defenders: Igor Diveev (CSKA Moskva), Georgi Dzhikiya (Spartak Moskva), Mário Fernandes (CSKA Moskva), Vyacheslav Karavaev (Zenit), Fedor Kudryashov (Antalyaspor), Andrei Semenov (Akhmat), Roman Evgenyev (Dinamo Moskva)
Midfielders: Dmitri Barinov (Lokomotiv Moskva), Denis Cheryshev (Valencia), Daniil Fomin (Dinamo Moskva), Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit), Maksim Mukhin (CSKA Moskva), Magomed Ozdoev (Zenit), Rifat Zhemaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moskva), Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit), Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moskva)
Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (Zenit), Aleksei Ionov (Krasnodar), Denis Makarov (Rubin), Aleksei Miranchuk (Atalanta), Aleksandr Sobolev (Spartak Moskva), Anton Zabolotny (CSKA Moskva)
* Possible prediction: Russia win
* This preview is from our perspective and we highly recommend to inform yourself, about all details of this game!