Russia vs Nicaragua match stats & report
3–1 Full time
Russia beat Nicaragua 3–1 in a friendly (Friendly International) on 27 March 2026. Russia had 67% of the ball.
Russia vs Nicaragua match statistics
- 67% Ball possession 33%
- 23 Total shots 5
- 7 Shots on target 1
- 9 Shots off target 3
- 7 Blocked shots 1
- 15 Shots inside the box 1
- 6 Corners 3
- 23 Fouls 5
- 5 Offsides 3
- 1 Yellow cards 1
- 0 Red cards 1
- 497 Passes 247
- 86% Pass accuracy 70%
- 0 Goalkeeper saves 3
Goals and cards
- 3' Goal Lechi Sadulaev (assist K. Tyukavin) Russia
- 16' Goal Ó. Acevedo (assist J. Garcia) Nicaragua
- 42' Yellow card Ó. Acevedo Nicaragua
- 45' Penalty scored K. Tyukavin Russia
- 47' Red card Christian Reyes Nicaragua
- 52' Yellow card V. Paltsev Russia
- 83' Goal Aleksandr Golovin Russia
The Ghost's call
The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.
Team news & lineups
Russia
- 39 M. Safonov Goalkeeper
- 5 V. Paltsev Defender
- 19 R. Litvinov Defender
- 2 E. Morozov Defender
- 22 M. Beveev Defender
- 74 D. Fomin Midfielder
- 8 N. Umyarov Midfielder
- 25 D. Prutsev Midfielder
- 21 Y. Gladyshev Attacker
- 10 K. Tyukavin Attacker
- 20 Lechi Sadulaev Attacker
Bench D. Adamov , A. Mitryushkin , A. Silyanov , V. Melekhin , I. Vakhania , K. Glebov , Aleksandr Golovin , M. Kislyak , D. Barinov , M. Petrov , D. Vorobjev , N. Komlichenko , G. Melkadze
Nicaragua
Bench J. Martinez , Jared Parker Darryl , Joab Gutierrez , J. Moncada , B. Hernández , L. Sait , A. Lopez , Edgar Castillo , M. Barahona , A. Velásquez , Josué Quijano , J. Coronel
Form guide
Russia at home
6–3–1 in 10 matches
- Scored
- 2.4 per game
- Conceded
- 0.7 per game
- Clean sheets
- 6 / 10
- Corners
- 5.8 per game
- Shots on target
- 6.7 per game
17% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.
Nicaragua away
0–1–6 in 7 matches
- Scored
- 0.7 per game
- Conceded
- 3.1 per game
- Clean sheets
- 1 / 7
- Corners
- 2.6 per game
- Shots on target
- 1.4 per game
20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.
Based on 7 matches — treat these numbers lightly.