Russia vs Nicaragua · International Friendly

Russia finished 3-1 ahead of Nicaragua at Krasnodar Stadium (crowd 31,625). The first goal went to Lechii Sadulaev at the 3-minute mark and Oscar Acevedo brought Nicaragua level after 16 minutes; the goal that settled it came from Konstantin Tyukavin in added time before the break with a penalty and Aleksandr Golovin added to the lead after 83 minutes. A red card went to Christian Reyes at the 47-minute mark Most of it went through Russia: 67% possession, 23 shots against 5. From 23 shots, Russia found the target 7 times.