Russia and Turkey are going to play an international friendly football match against each other in next 31st August, 2016. The match will be hosted in Turkey. This two teams also competed in last Euro 2016 which was hosted in France but failed to perform better. After that Euro 2016, upcoming match will be the first international competition for Turkey and Russia.
# Short Details of the Game:
- Play Between – Russia Vs Turkey [live streaming links will be available here just before the match]
- Tournament – International Friendly
- Game Date – 31st August, 2016
- Begin at – 19:15
- Day – Wednesday
# Short Details of the Arena: Upcoming match will be staged at Antalya Stadium which is also known as New Antalya Stadium. It is a Turkish multi purpose stadium which is located in Antalya, Turkey. The arena has almost 32,539 seats capacity along with 42 suites. It is the current home arena of Turkish professional football club Antalyaspor.
- Arena Name – New Antalya Stadium
- Address – Antalya, Turkey
- Seats Capacity – 32,539
- Suites – 42
- Arena Surface – Grass
- Established – 25th October, 2015
- Cost – $53 million
# Head To Head Statistics: Turkey and Russia did not play much time against each other only but twice times. First match was held in 20th April, 1994 and 2nd match was staged in 22nd April, 1998. Both were international friendlies and both matches were won by Russia.
- Total Matches Played – 2
- Russia Won – 2
- Turkey Won – 0
- Drawn – 0
# Possible Line Up of Russia:
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S/N. |
Player Name | Position | Club | Remarks |
| 1. | Igor Akinfeev | GK |
CSKA Moscow |
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2. |
Vasili Berezutski | DF | CSKA Moscow | |
| 3. | Roman Neustadter | DF |
Fenerbahce |
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4. |
Yuri Zhirkov | DF | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
| 5. | Mario Fernandes | DF |
CSKA Moscow |
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6. |
Aleksandr Samedov | MF | Lokomotiv Moscow | |
| 7. | Oleg Shatov | MF |
Zenit Saint Petersburg |
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8. |
Dmitri Tarasov | MF | Lokomotiv Moscow | |
| 9. | Maksim Kanunnikov | MF |
Rubin Kazan |
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10. |
Dmitry Poloz | FW | Rostov | |
| 11. | Artem Dzyuba | FW |
Zenit Saint Petersburg |
# Pattern: 4 – 4 – 1 – 1
# Coaching Staff:
- Head Coach – Stanislav Cherchesov (Rus)
- Asst. Manager – Miroslav Romaschenko (Bel)
- G. Coach – Gintaras Stauce (Lit)
- F. Coach – Vladimir Panikov (Rus)
# Possible Line Up of Turkey:
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S/N. |
Player Name | Position | Club | Remarks |
| 1. | Volkan Babacan | GK |
Istanbul Basaksehir |
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2. |
Hakan Balta | DF | Galatasaray | |
| 3. | Gokhan Gonul | DF |
Besiktas |
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4. |
Ismail Koybasi | DF | Fenerbahce | |
| 5. | Arda Turan | MF | Barcelona |
Skipper |
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6. |
Mehmet Topal | MF | Fenerbahce | |
| 7. | Ozan Tufan | MF |
Fenerbahce |
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8. |
Selcuk Inan | MF | Galatasaray | |
| 9. | Volkan Sen | MF |
Fenerbahce |
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10. |
Burak Yilmaz | FW | Beijing Guoan | |
| 11. | Emre Mor | FW |
Borussia Dortmund |
# Pattern: 4 – 2 – 3 – 1
# Coaching Staff:
- Manager – Fatih Terim (Tur)
- Asst. Manager – Nihat Kahveci (Tur) & Tuncay Sanli (Tur)
- G. Coach – Eren Aytekin (Tur)
- F. Coach – Mike Verhoeven (USA)
# Recent Performances: If we consider the recent performances of Russia, they won none out of their last five matches where the three matches were cancelled against Estonia, Belgium and Cyprus which were all international friendly matches. Rest two matches were lost against Wales and Slovakia.
On the other side, Turkey played last match in UEFA Euro 2016 and according to their last five matches result, they won thrice and lost twice against Croatia and Spain.
The both teams are going to play after a long time where they last time played in 1998. Though, team Russia is better than team Turkey, but analyzing their recent performance and also the match will be staged at Turkey, so, they will get proper advantage and would be the possible winner.
