World Cup Prediction: Day 6
Their performance against Saudi Arabia was so impressive that Russian President Vladimir Putin felt compelled to call head coach Stanislav Cherchesov during his post-match press conference, telling him to pass on his congratulations to the players.It wasn't quite such a good start for Egypt, who were without talisman Mohamed Salah as they fell to a late defeat at the hands of Uruguay.
Russia
scored more goals in the first game of the 2018 World Cup than in the whole of
the 2014 competition in Brazil, where they netted just twice in three group
matches.
However, the
Liverpool star is expected to start this game, despite ongoing speculation
about his fitness. At Egypt's recent training camp in Grozny, Salah reportedly
required the help of his team-mates to pull on his top.
The Pharaohs are still badly looking for a first World Cup win in what will be their sixth game at the finals.
As for Russia, they last progressed to the knockout stage in 1986 under the
banner of the Soviet Union, but victory in St Petersburg would leave them on
the brink of a place in the knockout stage.
Russia 2-1 Egypt
Colombia are
unbeaten in their three preceding games with Japan, winning twice.
The most recent
encounter was a group match at the 2014 World Cup which the Colombians won 4-1.
Colombia 2-0 Japan
Poland are unbeaten
in their three games against African opposition at the World Cup (W1 D2).
These
three games have produced only one goal.This will be the
first ever encounter between Poland and Senegal.
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