Our prediction for this match:
Belarus
Match Time & Date:
10/06/2025
19:00
Prediction: 1-2
Russia
Belarus and Russia, the two neigbouring countries, square off against each other at National Stadium in what is expected to be an interesting international friendly. Belarus are on a three-game winning run ahead of Tuesday’s friendly, but they will have a big fish to fry against Valery Karpin’s troops. A man to watch in the home team will be Baltika Kaliningrad striker Vitaly Lisakovich, with midfielders Max Ebong and Yevgeny Yablonsky making the cut as well.
The Russians, on the other hand, played out a 1-1 draw with Nigeria in their last warm-up match, but they seem to be more of a team than Belarus. When the two national teams faced each other in a friendly last year, Russia crushed Belarus 4-0 and we predict that history is going to repeat. The likes of Lechii Sadulaev, Dmitri Barinov, and Yaroslav Gladyshev are pushing for recalls to the Russia starting XI.
Highlighted Team (Russia):
While they won the 1960 European Championship, while losing in the final in 1964, 1972 and 1988 as Soviet Union, Russia have enjoyed little success since starting to compete as an independent country in 1992.
Their best result up to date is the third-placed finish at the Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, while the team failed to get past the group stage at the World Cup finals in three attempts. However, with Russian Premier League getting stronger by the day, the national team have started to improve as well, and they now finally seem capable of matching the world’s top sides.
The new generation includes high-quality footballers such as Alan Dzagoev, Aleksandr Kokorin, Artyom Dzyuba and Oleg Shatov, while the likes of Igor Akinfeev, Sergei Ignashevich, Roman Shirokov and Yuri Zhirkov are nearing the closing stages of their careers. But, with plenty of exciting talent coming through the ranks, future definitely looks bright for the Russia national team.
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