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#14 Russia
Despite having the advantages of the hosts, they were not among the favourites to qualify for the round of 16. Understandably, with their tag of the lowest ranked team of the Fifa world cup 2018. But all the doubts were scattered in a rain of goals in the opening match of the world cup, where they thrashed Saudi Arabia 5-0.
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They booked their tickets to the round of 16 by defeating Egypt 3-1 in their second group stage match. They are among the top 3 teams with the most number of goals in the group stages. They will be counting on this great goalscoring form to go ahead in the tournament.
However, they conceded 3 goals in their final group match against Uruguay. It will be interesting to see how they will approach their match against Spain. Defending against a quality opponent will be a real test for the hosts. But the poor defensive record of Spain in the tournament leaves them a narrow chance to come out on top.
