Liechtenstein v Russia background

Russia will hope to prolong Liechtenstein's nine-game wait for a competitive home victory as they pursue a sixth successive victory against their Group G hosts.

• The Russians renewed their bid for automatic qualification with Saturday's 1-0 home win over Sweden in their first outing under new coach Leonid Slutski. With that result in Moscow reducing to one point the gap to the second-placed Scandinavians, Russia will overtake the Swedes on Tuesday if they overcome Liechtenstein and Sweden fail to beat group leaders Austria in Solna.

• Sandro Wieser is suspended after accumulating three bookings. The following players are a yellow card away from a ban: Mario Frick (Liechtenstein) and Denis Glushakov (Russia).

Previous meetings
• Two own goals and a penalty helped Russia dispatch Liechtenstein 4-0 in their opening Group G assignment.

• Liechtenstein's record in five matches against Russia reads W0 D0 L5 (W0 D0 L2 at home – W0 D0 L3 away).

Form guide
• Liechtenstein are without a competitive success in nine home games (D4 L5) since beating Lithuania 2-0 in UEFA EURO 2012 qualification on 3 June 2011.

• Russia were awarded a 3-0 win after their last Group G away match – against Montenegro – was abandoned due to crowd problems. It ended a sequence of three qualifying away matches without victory (D2 L1). The Russians had, however, triumphed 2-1 in Hungary in a November 2014 friendly.

Trivia and links
• This fixture takes place the day after Liechtenstein striker Frick's 41st birthday. Former Finland striker Jari Litmanen is currently the oldest player to have scored in UEFA European Championship action, netting in a 2010 qualifier against San Marino aged 39 years and 270 days.

• The nations' only meetings in UEFA age-group tournaments both ended in 6-0 wins for Russia's Under-19s – in 2003 and 2006.

• This is Russia's first competitive away match since the departure of coach Fabio Capello.