Preview: Spain v Russia

• 2010 winners face hosts at the Luzhniki
• First knockout game since 2010 Final for Spain

The Luzhniki is standing by. After four diversions amid the gathering stage, the fabulous stadium will serve up a delight bouche round of 16 tie in front of the semi-last and Final to be held at the scene later in July. The two groups making a beeline for Moscow are ideal for the event. Spain, the 2010 victors and one of the hot top picks for the Russia 2018 face the hosts. On the off chance that the climate for Russia's superlative Opening Match execution is anything to pass by, Spain will be in for a significant gathering.

The particular streets to this round have been differentiating. It was sensibly rough for La Roja before eventually besting the gathering in a striking last day in Group B. Russia's last gathering match confrontation against Uruguay finished in a baffling 3-0 overcome, which means they completed second in Group A, yet their relief is a match at the Sbornaya's home setting - with a limit swarm anticipated that would root for the hosts.

Group columnist investigation 

Antía André

Spain don't have an especially solid record when confronting host nations. Also, for this specific test, the guarded issues inside Fernando Hierro's side will be met by the issue of confronting one of the most noteworthy goalscorers at the competition up until this point. The whole squad is accessible and the mentor could roll out improvements in all situations as - as yet - what has been attempted has not gone of course.

Igor Borunov

The thrashing against Uruguay didn't impact the planning for the knockout stage for Russia excessively. They will attempt to gain from their oversights and proceed onward to stand up to the might of Spain. The hosts are at full quality and with the help of fans at the Luzhniki, will want to annoy their rivals by endeavoring to expand on the exhibitions of Portugal and Morocco - who figured out how to score and stay undefeated against La Roja.

Did you know? 

Upon the arrival of the diversion, it will have been 11,704 days between matches in the knockout stages at a World Cup for Russia. Their latest non-assemble coordinate was on 15 June 1986, where - then contending as the Soviet Union - they were vanquished 4-3 AET in an exciting round of 16 experience with Belgium. Unexpectedly, it will be right around eight years (2912 days, to be exact) since Spain played a knockout amusement: their 2010 Final triumph over the Netherlands.


Conceivable line-ups: 

Spain: David De Gea; Dani Carvajal, Gerard Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba; Sergio Busquets, Koke, Andres Iniesta, Isco; Diego Costa and Iago Aspas. 

Russia: Igor Akinfeev; Mario Fernandes, Ilya Kutepov, Sergey Ignashevich, Yuri Zhirkov; Roman Zobnin, Daler Kuzyaev; Aleksandr Samedov, Aleksandr Golovin, Denis Cheryshev; Artem Dzyuba 

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