2018 World Cup Group A First Match

14 June 201818:00 MSK (UTC+3)

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

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 78,011^[9]

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Russia

Saudi Arabia

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 of the Match:
Denis Cheryshev (Russia)

Assistant referees:
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)  

Fourth official:
Sandro Ricci (Brazil)  

Reserve assistant referee:
Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)
 
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
 
Assistant video assistant referees:
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Daniele Orsato (Italy)