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Spain and Russia face each other in the Olimpiyskiy stadion Luzhniki, in a game for this phase of the World Cup (Round of 16). There is only one recent direct showdown between these two teams, on 14-11-2017, which ended with a draw for (3-3).

Analysis of Spain

The team gained access to this phase of the World Cup (Round of 16) after the first place they won in Group B, with a total of 5 points. In the last 10 matches Spain has recorded 5 wins and 5 draws. His attack has been marked with great regularity, since he has always scored at least one goal in the last 10 games. In their games there is a tendency to score goals, as 20 of their last 23 games have finished with over 1.5 goals. This is a team that scores many times first: it opened the scoring in 13 of its last 15 games, of those 13 it reached the interval in advantage in 8 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of 90 'in 9.

The Spain team won the World Cup for once in their history, this title was won in 2010 at the World Cup in South Africa. In this Russian World Cup, the Spanish team finished the group stage in the first place of the Group B, with the same score as the second-placed Portugal, but with more goals scored than the neighboring team. In all three games Spain have played in the 2018 World Cup, two of them have scored more than 1.5 goals. We believe that in this game against Russia, because it is a game to be eliminated, the Spanish team has better football than in the last two games and thus creates several chances of goals, as it has more experienced and talented players who the selection of Russia.
Analysis of Russia

The team gained access to this phase of the World Cup (Round of 16) after the second place in Group A, with a total of 6 points. In the last 10 matches Russia have won 2, drawn 3 and lost 5. Defensive solidity has not been their strong point as they have conceded goals in 9 of their last 10 matches. In 15 games, he has never been able to turn the scoring in all 8 games in which he conceded the first goal.

The Russian national team is present in this World Cup for being the host team, so they did not need to compete for qualifying. In the three rounds of the group stage, Russia made good victories, a 5-0 draw against Saudi Arabia, a 3-1 defeat of Egypt, but lost 3-0 to Uruguay in the final round in a game in which we do not know if the team fell apart because of qualifying for the last 16, or if it was to play against a truly strong opponent like Uruguay, we think it was a little bit of both, as Saudi Arabia and Egypt showed up, if very weak selections. Now in this first-round match, it's all or nothing, Russia will have to show off their potential offense and try to score goals, as Spain are a quality team and almost certainly will score.