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Russia
v England⁠

2–1

Full time

Russia v England finished 2–1.

England
Rooney 29'
Russia
Pavlyuchenko 69' pen, Pavlyuchenko 73'
Date
Wednesday 17 October 2007 · England in 2007
Kick-off
16:00 UK
Venue
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

  • No. 15, Frank Lampard On in the 79'
  • No. 17, Stewart Downing On in the 80'
  • No. 18, Peter Crouch On in the 80'
  • No. 12, Nicky Shorey (not used)
  • No. 13, David James (not used)
  • No. 14, Luke Young (not used)
  • No. 16, Phil Neville (not used)

Russia

Starting XI

  • No. 30, Vladimir Gabulov GK
  • No. 10, Andrey Arshavin FW Off in the 90'
  • No. 11, Alexander Kerzhakov FW Off in the 58'
  • No. 2, Vasili Berezutski D Off in the 46'
  • No. 5, Sergey Ignashevich D
  • No. 15, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov M
  • No. 17, Konstantin Zyrianov M
  • No. 18, Yuri Zhirkov M
  • No. 20, Igor Semshov M
  • No. 22, Aleksandr Aniukov D
  • No. 27, Aleksei Berezutski D

Substitutes

  • No. 7, Dmitri Torbinsky On in the 46'
  • No. 19, Roman Pavlyuchenko On in the 58'
  • No. 25, Denis Kolodin On in the 90'
  • No. 13, Pavel Pogrebnyak (not used)
  • No. 14, Roman Shirokov (not used)
  • No. 16, Vyacheslav Malafeyev (not used)
  • No. 26, Dmitri Sychev (not used)

Referee: Luis Medina.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 1 meeting before this one

2007 – 2007

Official meetings since 2007

England v Russia stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings3In our results database
England wins1England perspective
Draws1Level at full time
Russia wins1Russia victories

England have scored 5 goals to Russia's 3 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

2

Owen

2 goals against Russia in matches we hold scorer data for.

Russia · Fixture leader

2

Pavlyuchenko

Russia's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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