Russia beat Iran 2-0. The winner had to work for it: 2 from 12 shots. Aleksandr Golovin scored 2 goals. Best on the pitch was Aleksandr Golovin, rated 8.6.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   International friendly
   RUS 4-3-3·5-4-1 IRN
   Coach: — · Amir Ghalenoei📍 Kazan Arena
2. 1. First half
   2. 21'
      

      RUS
      GOOOAL!Aleksandr GolovinAssist: A. Batrakov
   3. 27'
      

      IRN
      Substitution
      ▲Ehsan Hajsafi▼M. Mohebi
   4. 31'
      

      IRN
      Yellow card
      S. Hardani
   5. 36'
      

      RUS
      GOOOAL!Aleksandr Golovin
3. 1. Second half
   2. 46'
      

      IRN
      Substitution
      ▲Saman Fallah▼S. Hardani
   3. 46'
      

      IRN
      Substitution
      ▲DDD. Dargahi▼Sardar Azmoun
   4. 46'
      

      IRN
      Substitution
      ▲P. Niazmand▼H. Hosseini
   5. 55'
      

      RUS
      Yellow card
      M. Glushenkov
   6. 65'
      

      RUS
      Substitution
      ▲Anton Miranchuk▼M. Glushenkov
   7. 65'
      

      RUS
      Substitution
      ▲D. Prutsev▼I. Oblyakov
   8. 66'
      

      IRN
      Substitution
      ▲S. Zahedi▼A. Yousefi
   9. 66'
      

      IRN
      Substitution
      ▲A. Hajieydi▼S. Ezatolahi
   10. 66'
       

       IRN
       Substitution
       ▲O. Noorafkan▼M. Ghorbani
   11. 78'
       

       IRN
       Yellow card
       Ali Nemati
   12. 79'
       

       RUS
       Substitution
       ▲N. Umyarov▼Aleksey Batrakov
   13. 79'
       

       RUS
       Substitution
       ▲A. Sobolev▼K. Tyukavin
   14. 84'
       

       RUS
       Substitution
       ▲L. Sadulaev▼Aleksandr Golovin
   15. 84'
       

       RUS
       Substitution
       ▲M. Beveev▼I. Vakhania
   16. 85'
       

       IRN
       Substitution
       ▲A. Mahmoudi▼Ramin Rezaeian