Slovakia vs Russia - Qualification EURO 2012

Slovakia vs Russia
EURO Qualification, 9th round group B
Date : 7. October 2011 8:15 pm
Stadium : Štadión Pod Dubňom (Žilina).

On Friday the 7th of October, Slovakia hosts Russia during the 9th round of the European championship qualification in 2012. While the guests from Russia are on the first position in group B, Slovakia needs a win if they want to qualify for the end round.

Slovakia lost their last game of the qualification against Armenia with 0:4. After this defeat, the team from manager Vladimir Weiss fall back on the 4th position in the league table. This wasn't the first defeat against Armenia, because the first leg also was lost (1:3). During the last 8 games of the qualification, Slovakia was able to win four games, for example the away game against Russia (1:0). The last win during this qualification, was made at home against Andorra (1:0).Slovakia needs a win against Russia if they want to keep their chances alive.

Russia made a 0:0 drawn against Republic Ireland on the last matchday. Right now, Russia is on the first position in group B, but only with two points advance on R. Ireland and three on Slovakia. During this qualification, Russia was able to win 5 games. The team from manager Dick Advocaat only lost one game so far, but this defeat happened during the home game against Slovakia (0:1). Russia needs a point during the game against Slovakia if they didn't want to lose the leading position. With a win against Slovakia, Russia would be almost qualified for the end round in 2012.

Head to Head :
Last game : Russia 0:1 Slovakia 07/09/10
Wins Slovakia : 2
Wins Russia : 1
Drawn: 3

Possible Line-Ups :
Slovakia : Mucha - Cech, Durica, Salata, Hubocan - Weiss, Stoch, Hamsik, Kucka - Sebo, Holosko.
Russia : Malafeev - Shishkin, Ignashevich, Berezutski, Yanbaev - Zhirkov, Denisov, Dzagoev, Bilyaletdinov - Pavlyuchenko, Arshavin.

Betting tip/Prediction :
My tip for this game is a draw