Spain vs Russia-Match Preview and Live Stream

The third last-16 conflict of the 2018 FIFA World Cup (WC) sees Spain and hosts Russia clash at the glorious 81,000-seater Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

Spain come into the diversion off the back of being pushed the distance by a tenacious Morocco side in a 2-2 spine chiller in Kaliningrad. A flawless 91st-minute backheel flick from Iago Aspas - at first discounted for offside and after that reestablished by VAR - guaranteed that Spain completed best of Group B (W1, D2, L0, +1).

Gathering A sprinters up Russia (W2, D0, L1, +4), who are showing up in the WC knockout stages since 1986, fixed their place in the last-16 with an amusement to save in the wake of beating Saudi Arabia (5-0) and Egypt (3-1). Stanislav Cherchesov's side endured a far reaching 3-0 annihilation to Uruguay in their last gathering experience.

Spain have never been beaten by Russia (W4, D2, GF12, GA4) and gloat an ideal record against the Russians in real competitions (W3, D0, L0, GF8, GA1). The two sides played out a 3-3 inviting attract their last gathering back in November 2017.

Players to watch: No Spain player is more sultry than Aspas at the present time. The clever striker has achieved six objectives for the national group quicker than any other person (382 minutes).

Denis Cheryshev was the joint-third best scorer in the gathering stage close by Diego Costa with three objectives.

Detail assault: Spain are currently unbeaten in their last 23 recreations (W15, D8) and haven't neglected to score in any of those matches.

David de Gea has yielded an incredible five objectives from only six shots on focus in the WC up until this point, however Spain manager Fernando Hierro has affirmed that the Man Utd star will keep his place between the sticks against Russia.

Russia have kept only one clean sheet in their last 13 recreations.

Russia were the most clinical group in the gathering stage with a change rate of 25.9%.