2018 FIFA Warld Cup Group A

Group A o the 2018 FIFA Warld Cup taks place frae 14 tae 25 Juin 2018.^[1]

Staundins

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advanced tae knockoot stage
2	Roushie (H)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Saudi Arabie	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Egyp	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for clessification: Group stage tiebrakers
(H) Host.

In the roond o 16:

• The winners o Group A will advance tae play the runners-up o Group B.
• The runners-up o Group A will advance tae play the winners o Group B.

Spiels

Roushie vs Saudi Arabie

Roushie	5–0	Saudi Arabie
Gazinsky  12' Cheryshev  43', 90+1' Dzyuba  71' Golovin  90+4'	Report

14 Juin 2018 (2018-06-14)18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 78,011^[2]

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Russia[3]

Saudi Arabia[3]

GK 1 Igor Akinfeev (c) RB 2 Mário Fernandes CB 3 Ilya Kutepov CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich LB 18 Yuri Zhirkov CM 8 Yury Gazinsky CM 11 Roman Zobnin RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov  64' AM 9 Alan Dzagoev  24' LW 17 Aleksandr Golovin  88' CF 10 Fyodor Smolov  70' Substitutions: MF 6 Denis Cheryshev  24' MF 7 Daler Kuzyayev  64' FW 22 Artem Dzyuba  70' Manager: Stanislav Cherchesov

GK 1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf RB 6 Mohammed Al-Breik CB 3 Osama Hawsawi (c) CB 5 Omar Hawsawi LB 13 Yasser Al-Shahrani DM 7 Salman Al-Faraj CM 14 Abdullah Otayf  64' CM 17 Taisir Al-Jassim  90+3' RW 18 Salem Al-Dawsari LW 8 Yahya Al-Shehri  72' CF 10 Mohammad Al-Sahlawi  85' Substitutions: FW 19 Fahad Al-Muwallad  64' MF 9 Hattan Bahebri  72' FW 20 Muhannad Assiri  85' Manager: Juan Antonio Pizzi

Man o the Match: Denis Cheryshev (Roushie)[4] Assistant referees:[3] Hernán Maidana (Argentina) Juan Pablo Bellati (Argentina) Fowert offeecial: Sandro Ricci (Brazil) Fift offeecial: Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil) Video assistant referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Assistant video assistant referees: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) Carlos Astroza (Chile) Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Egyp vs Uruguay

Egyp	0–1	Uruguay
	Report	Giménez  89'

15 Juin 2018 (2018-06-15)17:00 YEKT (UTC+5)

Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg

Attendance: 27,015^[5]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Egypt[6]

Uruguay[6]

GK 23 Mohamed El-Shenawy RB 7 Ahmed Fathy (c) CB 2 Ali Gabr CB 6 Ahmed Hegazi  90+6' LB 13 Mohamed Abdel-Shafy CM 8 Tarek Hamed  50' CM 17 Mohamed Elneny RW 22 Amr Warda  82' AM 19 Abdallah Said LW 21 Trézéguet CF 9 Marwan Mohsen  63' Substitutions: MF 5 Sam Morsy  90+4'  50' FW 11 Kahraba  63' FW 14 Ramadan Sobhi  82' Manager: Héctor Cúper

GK 1 Fernando Muslera RB 4 Guillermo Varela CB 2 José Giménez CB 3 Diego Godín (c) LB 22 Martín Cáceres RM 8 Nahitan Nández  58' CM 15 Matías Vecino  87' CM 6 Rodrigo Bentancur LM 10 Giorgian De Arrascaeta  59' CF 9 Luis Suárez CF 21 Edinson Cavani Substitutions: MF 5 Carlos Sánchez  58' MF 7 Cristian Rodríguez  59' MF 14 Lucas Torreira  87' Manager: Óscar Tabárez

Man o the Match: Mohamed El-Shenawy (Egyp)[7] Assistant referees:[6] Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fowert offeecial: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) Fift offeecial: Milovan Ristić (Serbia) Video assistant referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Cyril Gringore (Fraunce) Clément Turpin (Fraunce)

Roushie vs Egyp

Roushie	3–1	Egyp
Fathy  47' (o.g.) Cheryshev  59' Dzyuba  62'	Report	Salah  73' (pen.)

19 Juin 2018 (2018-06-19)21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 64,468^[8]

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

Russia[9]

Egypt[9]

GK 1 Igor Akinfeev (c) RB 2 Mário Fernandes CB 3 Ilya Kutepov CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich LB 18 Yuri Zhirkov  86' CM 11 Roman Zobnin CM 8 Yury Gazinsky RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov AM 17 Aleksandr Golovin LW 6 Denis Cheryshev  74' CF 22 Artem Dzyuba  79' Substitutions: MF 7 Daler Kuzyayev  74' FW 10 Fyodor Smolov  84'  79' DF 13 Fyodor Kudryashov  86' Manager: Stanislav Cherchesov

GK 23 Mohamed El-Shenawy RB 7 Ahmed Fathy (c) CB 2 Ali Gabr CB 6 Ahmed Hegazi LB 13 Mohamed Abdel-Shafy CM 8 Tarek Hamed CM 17 Mohamed Elneny  64' RW 10 Mohamed Salah AM 19 Abdallah Said LW 21 Trézéguet  57'  68' CF 9 Marwan Mohsen  82' Substitutions: FW 22 Amr Warda  64' FW 14 Ramadan Sobhi  68' FW 11 Kahraba  82' Manager: Héctor Cúper

Man o the Match: Denis Cheryshev (Roushie)[10] Assistant referees:[9] Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay) Juan Zorrilla (Paraguay) Fowert offeecial: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) Fift offeecial: Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Video assistant referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Assistant video assistant referees: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) Carlos Astroza (Chile) Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Uruguay vs Saudi Arabie

Uruguay	1–0	Saudi Arabie
Suárez  23'	Report

20 Juin 2018 (2018-06-20)18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don

Attendance: 42,678^[11]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Uruguay[12]

Saudi Arabie[12]

GK 1 Fernando Muslera RB 4 Guillermo Varela CB 2 José Giménez CB 3 Diego Godín (c) LB 22 Martín Cáceres RM 5 Carlos Sánchez  82' CM 15 Matías Vecino  59' CM 6 Rodrigo Bentancur LM 7 Cristian Rodríguez  59' CF 9 Luis Suárez CF 21 Edinson Cavani Substitutions: MF 17 Diego Laxalt  59' MF 14 Lucas Torreira  59' MF 8 Nahitan Nández  82' Manager: Óscar Tabárez

GK 22 Mohammed Al-Owais RB 6 Mohammed Al-Breik CB 3 Osama Hawsawi (c) CB 4 Ali Al-Bulaihi LB 13 Yasser Al-Shahrani DM 14 Abdullah Otayf CM 7 Salman Al-Faraj CM 17 Taisir Al-Jassim  44' RW 9 Hattan Bahebri  75' LW 18 Salem Al-Dawsari CF 19 Fahad Al-Muwallad  78' Substitutions: MF 16 Housain Al-Mogahwi  44' MF 12 Mohamed Kanno  75' FW 10 Mohammad Al-Sahlawi  78' Manager: Juan Antonio Pizzi

Man o the Match: Luis Suárez (Uruguay)[13] Assistant referees:[12] Nicolas Danos (Fraunce) Cyril Gringore (Fraunce) Fowert offeecial: John Pitti (Panama) Fift offeecial: Gabriel Victoria (Panama) Video assistant referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Uruguay vs Roushie

Uruguay	3–0	Roushie
Suárez  10' Cheryshev  23' (o.g.) Cavani  90'	Report

25 Juin 2018 (2018-06-25)18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)

Cosmos Arena, Samara

Attendance: 41,970^[14]

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Uruguay[15]

Roushie[15]

GK 1 Fernando Muslera CB 19 Sebastián Coates CB 3 Diego Godín (c) CB 22 Martín Cáceres DM 14 Lucas Torreira CM 15 Matías Vecino CM 6 Rodrigo Bentancur  59'  63' RW 8 Nahitan Nández  73' LW 17 Diego Laxalt CF 9 Luis Suárez CF 21 Edinson Cavani  90+3' Substitutions: MF 10 Giorgian De Arrascaeta  63' MF 7 Cristian Rodríguez  73' FW 18 Maxi Gómez  90+3' Manager: Óscar Tabárez

GK 1 Igor Akinfeev (c) RB 23 Igor Smolnikov Template:Sentoff CB 3 Ilya Kutepov CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich LB 13 Fyodor Kudryashov CM 11 Roman Zobnin CM 8 Yury Gazinsky  9'  46' RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov AM 15 Aleksei Miranchuk  60' LW 6 Denis Cheryshev  38' CF 22 Artem Dzyuba Substitutions: DF 2 Mário Fernandes  38' MF 7 Daler Kuzyayev  46' FW 10 Fyodor Smolov  60' Manager: Stanislav Cherchesov

Man o the Match: Luis Suárez (Uruguay)[16] Assistant referees:[15] Djibril Camara (Senegal) El Hadji Samba (Senegal) Fowert offeecial: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopie) Fift offeecial: Hasan Al Mahri (Unitit Arab Emirates) Video assistant referee: Clément Turpin (Fraunce) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Cyril Gringore (Fraunce) Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Saudi Arabie vs Egyp

The twa teams hae met in sax previous matches, the maist recent ane in the 2007 Pan Arab Gemmes, wan bi Egyp 2–1.^[17]

Saudi Arabie	2–1	Egyp
Al-Faraj  45+6' (pen.) Al-Dawsari  90+5'	Report	Salah  22'

25 Juin 2018 (2018-06-25)17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Volgograd Arena, Volgograd

Attendance: 36,823^[18]

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Saudi Arabie[19]

Egyp[19]

GK 21 Yasser Al-Mosailem RB 6 Mohammed Al-Breik CB 3 Osama Hawsawi (c) CB 23 Motaz Hawsawi LB 13 Yasser Al-Shahrani DM 14 Abdullah Otayf CM 7 Salman Al-Faraj CM 16 Housain Al-Mogahwi RW 9 Hattan Bahebri  65' LW 18 Salem Al-Dawsari CF 19 Fahad Al-Muwallad  79' Substitutions: FW 20 Muhannad Assiri  65' MF 8 Yahya Al-Shehri  79' Manager: Juan Antonio Pizzi

GK 1 Essam El-Hadary (c) RB 7 Ahmed Fathy  86' CB 2 Ali Gabr  45+5' CB 6 Ahmed Hegazi LB 13 Mohamed Abdel-Shafy CM 17 Mohamed Elneny CM 8 Tarek Hamed RW 10 Mohamed Salah AM 19 Abdallah Said  45+7' LW 21 Trézéguet  81' CF 9 Marwan Mohsen  64' Substitutions: FW 22 Amr Warda  45+7' FW 14 Ramadan Sobhi  64' FW 11 Kahraba  81' Manager: Héctor Cúper

Man o the Match: Mohamed Salah (Egyp)[20] Assistant referees:[19] Alexander Guzmán (Colombie) Cristian de la Cruz (Colombie) Fowert offeecial: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica) Fift offeecial: Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan) Video assistant referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) Assistant video assistant referees: Tiago Martins (Portugal) Carlos Astroza (Chile) Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Discipline

Fair play pynts, that are uised as tiebreakers if the oweraw an heid-tae-heid records o teams are tied, are calculatit based on yellae an reid cairds received in aw group spiels as follaes:^[21]

• first yellae card: minus 1 pynt;
• indirect reid card (seicont yellae card): minus 3 pynts;
• direct reid card: minus 4 pynts;
• yellae caird an direct reid caird: minus 5 pynts;

Anerly ane o the abuin deductions shall be applee'd tae a player in a single match.

Team	Spiel 1				Spiel 2				Spiel 3				Tot
Roushie	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0					−2
Saudi Arabie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					−1
Egyp	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0					−3
Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0