Russia - Kazakhstan Prediction, Picks and Tips
In the Russian port city of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea, Russia will take on Monday evening in Group I of the European Championship qualification against Kazakhstan. With a win, Russia is almost certain of participating in next year's European Championship.
Russia did excellent business last Friday night by winning 1-2 against Scotland. The quarter-finalist of the last World Cup quickly faced a backlog at Hampden Park in Glasgow, but it was not to be fooled and eventually managed to score a deserved victory through a goal from Artem Dzyuba and an own goal from the Scots . With 12 points from five matches, Russia is now in roses in group I of the European Championship qualification, as the vice-leader now has a lead of no less than five points on neighbor Kazakhstan. It is therefore 99.9 percent certain that Russia, together with the unapproachable Belgium, will directly qualify for next year's European Championship. For Russia it is now mainly a matter of staying sharp and just continuing to win its matches. The team of coach Stanislav Cherchesov is in excellent shape, because for the first time since November 2015, it won four international games in a row. The Russians are of course towering favorites against neighboring Kazakhstan. Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) was accurate in three of the last four international matches and is therefore the man to keep an eye on. In my eyes, however, the man of the Scotland match was Aleksandr Golovin (AS Monaco), who ruled in Glasgow as a general in midfield.
With an area of over 2,700,000 million square kilometers, Kazakhstan is among the top ten largest countries in the world, but there are hardly any good football players in the country. The number 112 of the FIFA world ranking has never managed to qualify for a major tournament since its separation from the Soviet Union, and will most likely also have to follow the European Championship next year. With seven points from five games, De Haviken is not even doing so badly, but Belgium and Russia are clearly a size too big in this group. The Kazakh selection does not of course appeal to the imagination. National coach Michal Bilek mainly appealed to players from Kairat and Astana, the two strongest clubs in the country. Midfielder Yan Vorogovskiy is the only 'foreigner' in the selection - he earns his living with the Belgian second-division team Beerschot-Wilrijk. Little can be gained with this team, although Kazakhstan managed to keep Cyprus on a 1-1 draw last week.
Our recommendation tip for Russia - Kazakhstan: BTS / NO @ 1.46