Fifa World Cup - Russia 2018

Russia v Saudi Arabia – player ratings

Hosts Russia started the World Cup with a convincing 5-0 win over Saudi Arabia – but which player stole the show?

Fellow substitute Artem Dzyuba was also on the scoresheet and was rated just behind his compatriot with 7.16. Check out the ratings of all the players below and read the match report here.

Russia

  1. Squad number6Player nameCheryshev
    Average rating

    7.22

  2. Squad number22Player nameDzyuba
    Average rating

    7.16

  3. Squad number17Player nameGolovin
    Average rating

    7.08

  4. Squad number8Player nameGazinskiy
    Average rating

    6.43

  5. Squad number10Player nameSmolov
    Average rating

    5.96

  6. Squad number7Player nameKuzyaev
    Average rating

    5.87

  7. Squad number2Player nameMario Fernandes
    Average rating

    5.83

  8. Squad number18Player nameZhirkov
    Average rating

    5.82

  9. Squad number19Player nameSamedov
    Average rating

    5.79

  10. Squad number11Player nameZobnin
    Average rating

    5.75

  11. Squad number1Player nameAkinfeev
    Average rating

    5.66

  12. Squad number4Player nameIgnashevich
    Average rating

    5.63

  13. Squad number9Player nameDzagoev
    Average rating

    5.58

  14. Squad number3Player nameKutepov
    Average rating

    5.50

    Source: BBC News