Tied with Croatia for the first place, Russia is looking to make their third consecutive World Cup appearance. The hosts are doing great in the qualifiers so far, four points ahead of the third-placed Slovakia who will be facing them in the upcoming duel. Slovakia defeated Russia in the first clash between the two nations, winning 2-1 at home. However, Stefan Tarkovic's men haven't been on a good run recently, winning just one of the previous five matches. Russia currently seems like a better team both offensively and defensively, scoring three more goals than Slovakia so far, while also managing to conceded one less.

Russia is undefeated at home in these qualifiers, winning two and sharing points in one out of three home games. New coach Valeri Karpin stays unbeaten with this squad, winning two matches against Malta and Cyprus, while his first game resulted in a 0-0 draw vs. Croatia. I can see the hosts convincingly winning this game, considering Slovakia's recent form. They will be missing Ilya Samoshnikov and Guilherme coming into this duel.

The Falcons got two points from two visits, playing 1-1 with Slovenia and 0-0 with Cyprus. The only absentee for the away team will be Matus Bero. Only once in the country's history has Slovakia played in the World Cup, back in 2010, and is not a favorite to get out of this qualification group. The visitors' top scorer is Milan Skriniar with just two goals, who is playing as a center-back. There should be no way Slovakia manages to outscore Russia, considering that Russia kept a clean sheet in its last three matches. Good luck!

俄罗斯目前与克罗地亚并列第一，希望连续第三次参加世界杯。到目前为止，主队在预选赛中表现出色，领先排名第三的斯洛伐克四分。斯洛伐克在首场交锋中击败俄罗斯，主场2-1取胜。然而，斯特凡·塔科维奇 (Stefan Tarkovic) 的球队最近表现不佳，在前五场比赛中只赢了一场。俄罗斯目前似乎在进攻和防守上都是一支更好的球队，迄今为止比斯洛伐克多进三个球，同时也少丢一球。

俄罗斯在预选赛中在主场保持不败，在三场主场比赛中赢得两场打平一场。新教练瓦莱里·卡尔平在这支球队中保持不败，赢得了对马耳他和塞浦路斯的两场比赛，而他执教的第一场比赛则以 0-0 战平克罗地亚。考虑到斯洛伐克最近的状态，我认为俄罗斯应该可以令人信服地赢得了这场比赛。他们会缺少 Ilya Samoshnikov 和 Guilherme。

斯洛伐克在两个客场比赛中得到两分，与斯洛文尼亚队 1-1，与塞浦路斯 0-0。客队唯一缺席球员是马图斯贝罗。斯洛伐克在历史上只有一次参加过世界杯，是在 2010 年，并且不是这个小组的出线的热门。客队的最佳射手是米兰·斯克里尼亚尔（Milan Skriniar），只打进两球，担任中后卫。考虑到俄罗斯在最近三场比赛中保持零失球，斯洛伐克应该没有办法在客场拿到积分。祝好运！