All you need to know about the first World Cup match played between Russia and Saudi Arabia

The 21st World Cup economist, Russia will meet with Saudi Arabia in the match for the group phase, writes Periscopi.

Russia is in Group A, with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay.

The following you can read the statistics of these two nationals with Russia, which is the favourite at this meeting because it also favours local terrain.

Saudi Arabia has won the only confrontation with Russia, in the friendly played among them in October 1993, with a score of 4-2, held in Arabia...

Russia and Arabia are the countries with FIFA's lowest rankings of all participating teams in “Russia-188x1>. Russia is 70th, Arabia 67th.

Since the break-up of the Soviet Union has occurred, Russia has never managed to pass the phase of World Cup groups in three previous participations in 1994, 2002 and 2014. They are ranked third in each of these events.

France has been the last host country to win the World Cup. With the exception of South Africa in 2010, all host teams have gone to the second round of the world.

Russia has not won any of the last five matches it has played in a World Cup with two tiers and three losses. The only two victories -- as independent state from the rest of the Soviet Union -- have reached Cameroon 6-1 in 1994 and Tunisia 2-0 in 2002.

If you play, as is most likely, Sergei Ignashevich will become the oldest football player representing Russia in a World Cup, 38 and 335 days old, breaking the Lev Jashin record, who played the last game in a world when he was 36 and 279 days old.

) This will be the fifth world for Saudi Arabia, the first since 2006. In the last three turnouts, they have closed the group in the last place.

Saudi Arabia has won none of the last ten matches in a World Cup, losing eight. The latest victory dates back to 1994, 1-0 against Belgium.

Arabia has not won any of its first four matches in one world, losing three.

An Arabia has played a total of 13 valuable matches for the World Cup, and in only one has it received no goal, while in seven of the last nine matches it has scored no goal.

In 1994, Saudi Arabia has lost eight of nine European teams in the World Cup, the only victory is that historic victory over Belgium, 1-0 in 1994, with the memorable goal of Saeed Al-Oweiran.

Mohammed Al-Sahlay was Arabia's best goal scorer with 16 goals, even though 8 of them came to two matches against Timor.