Gol Golovin itu mengakhiri pesta gol Tim Beruang Merah atas Arab Saudi partai pembuka Piala Dunia 2018.
Rusia 5-0 Arab Saudi (Yury Gazinskiy 12’, Denis Cheryshev 43’ 90+1', Artem Dzyuba 72’, Aleksandr Golovin 90+5')
Berikut Susunan Pemain Rusia VS Arab Saudi:
Rusia (4-2-3-1): 1-Igor Akinfeev, 3-Fernandes, 3-Ilya Kutepov, 4-Sergei Ignashevich, 18-Yuri Zhirkov; 8-Yuri Gazinskiy, 11-Roman Zobnin; 19-Aleksandr Samedov (7-Daler Kuzyaev 64’),17-Aleksandr Golovin, 9-Alan Dzagoev (6-Denis Cheryshev 25’); 10-Fedor Smolov (22-Artem Dzyuba 70’).
Pelatih: Stanislav Cherchesov
Arab Saudi (4-1-4-1): 1-Abdullah Al-Maiouf, 6-Muhamad Al-Breik,5- Omar Hawsawi, 3-Osama Hawsawi, 13-Yasir Al-Shahrani; 14-Abdullah Otayf (19-Fahad Al-Muwallad 64’); 17-Tasir Al-Jassim, 8-Yahya Al-Shehri (9-Hattan Sultan Babhir 72’), 18-Salem Al-Dawsari, 7-Salman Al Faraj; 10-Mohamed Al-Sahlawi (20-Muhannad Asiri 84’).
Pelatih: Juan Antonio Pizzi
Wasit: Nestor Pistana (Argentina)