Russia - Mali: betting tip (cf 3.00) and bets on the friendly match

Current form

During the last training camp, which took place in November 2025, the impressive 23-match winless streak of the Russian national team was interrupted. Then Valery Karpin's team couldn't cope with Chile (0:2). They also failed to beat Peru (1-1) during that training camp. As you can see, the opponents were not easy, obviously at this level, without proper playing practice at the official level, it is difficult for Russians to compete now, plus, the coach allows himself a lot of experiments with the squad, uses a wide range of players.

The Russians recovered from their recent setbacks three days ago in Krasnodar, beating Nicaragua (3:1). On the one hand, the result is positive, but there were expectations in the betting tips that with such a frankly inferior opponent in class, it would be possible to achieve a more confident and major victory. Moreover, from the 47th minute, the Russians played in the majority, but scored only one goal in the entire second half. We missed due to Safonov's mistake at the beginning of the first half. In general, we note that Karpin habitually allowed himself a lot of experiments, and he succeeded largely due to the individual skill of the players and the advantage in the class.

There is a game ahead against the representative of Africa. More than once recently, the Russian national team has played with African squads and has done it quite successfully. Let's note the victories over Cameroon (1:0) and Zambia (5:0), draws with Kenya (2:2) and Nigeria (1:1).

Disqualifications and injuries

They will miss the match due to injuries to farmhands and veterans. Al. Miranchuk and Safonov are out of the application for the game.

Interesting betting trends

• The Russian national team has 13 wins in the last 17 friendly games.
• In seven of the previous eight matches, the Russian national team did not lose on shots on target.
• In five of the previous six friendly games, the Russians missed

Approximate composition: Agkatsev – Silyanov, Litvinov, Melekhin, Vakhania – Barinov, Kislyak, Golovin – Gladyshev, Vorobyov, Glebov.

Current form

Mali is a strong national team by the standards of Africa. The team did not qualify for the World Cup, losing the first two places in the group to Ghana and Madagascar. At the same time, Tom Saintfit's team performed more than adequately at the African Cup of Nations: they made it to the quarterfinals, where they lost to Senegal (0:1) in a hard struggle.

The game against the Senegalese at the African Cup of Nations took place on January 9th. After that, the national team of Mali did not perform anywhere, it is difficult to unequivocally judge in what form the team is approaching the upcoming meeting in St. Petersburg. The only thing worth noting is that the Malians will not play with the main squad today, without all their leaders. We will not see Bissum, Sangare, Nene, Toure, L. Coulibaly on the field.

Mali does not hold friendly matches very often, as the schedule of official games is too busy. So, over the past two years, the national team has played only five sparring matches, in which it achieved three victories, drew once and lost.

Disqualifications and injuries

Bissouma, Sangare, Nene, Toure and L. Coulibaly are out of the application for the upcoming match.

Interesting betting trends

• In 9 of the last 11 friendly games of the national team of Mali, at least one of the opponents did not score goals.
• In six of the previous seven matches, the players of the national team of Mali did not get into offsides more often than their opponents.
• The exact score of 0-0 at the end of the first half was recorded in three of the last five matches.

Approximate line–up: Samassa – Sissoko, Fofana, Gassama, Dante – M. Diakite, Sidibe, Dieng - Samake, Doumbia, Diarra.