Two goals from Michael Owen and a Rio Ferdinand strike saw England run out winners at Wembley.
England 3-0 Russia
UEFA European Championship Qualifier
8pm, Wednesday 12 September 2007
Wembley Stadium
Live on BBC1
90'+3' Full time whistle sounds, with England winning 3-0 and moving to second in the Group E table.
90'+2' England substitution with Stewart Downing coming on to replace Owen.
90' Three minutes of added time announced by the fourth official.
88' England substitution with Phil Neville coming on to replace Joe Cole.
84' GOAL! Rio Ferdinand makes it 3-0 with a low shot from inside the box after being picked out by Owen and beating a defender.
80' Malafeev makes a good save to deny Wright-Phillips' low shot from the edge of the box.
80' England substitution with Peter Crouch replacing Emile Heskey, whilst Russia introduce Kerzakov on for Anyakov.
78' Joe Cole booked for two consecutive, and debatable fouls.
62' Russian substitution with Roman Pavlyuchenko replacing Sychev.
50' Russia have a penalty appeal turned down after Bystrov falls under Ashley Cole's challenge in the box.
48' Sychev is inches away from connecting with Yury Zherkov's centre from the left.
46' Dmitry Sychev sees a low shot fly just wide of the far post after cutting inside from the right flank.
46' Second half kicks-off with no further changes.
45' Half time whistle is blown, with the Three Lions enjoying a two goal lead at the break.
45' One minute of time added on by the officials.
39' Russian substitution, with Igor Semshov being replaced by Vladimir Bystrov.
35' Shaun Wright-Phillips sees his angled volley saved after being picked out by Owen's pass over the top.
31' GOAL! Owen nets his second goal of the game with a dipping half volley from Heskey's knock down in the area.
29' Joe Cole's left footed shot from 25 yards is well saved by Malafeev, after a slight deflection off a Russian defender.
23' Paul Robinson makes a smart save low to his right to turn Diniyar Bilyaletdinov's shot behind for a corner, which was subsequently headed clear by John Terry.
19' Russia have a goal disallowed for a handball by Konstantin Zyryanov just prior to his close range finish.
10' Emile Heskey is denied by Russian goalkeeper Viacheslav Malafeev after breaking into the box and Owen then mis-kicked the follow-up chance wide.
7' GOAL! Michael Owen finishes from close range after controlling a cross from Gareth Barry.
3' Gareth Barry manages to cut out a dangerous cross from the right from Andrey Arshavin.
1' England have kicked the game off and are attacking the east end of the ground wearing their home kit of white, blue and white.
England
1 Paul Robinson, 2 Micah Richards, 3 Ashley Cole, 4 Steven Gerrard, 5 Rio Ferdinand, 6 John Terry (c), 7 Gareth Barry, 8 Shaun Wright-Phillips, 9 Emile Heskey (Peter Crouch, 80), 10 Michael Owen (16 Stewart Downing, 90+2), 11 Joe Cole (14 Phil Neville, 88)
Subs: 12 Wes Brown, 13 David James, 15 Alan Smith, 17 Andrew Johnson, 18 Jermain Defoe.
Goals: Michael Owen 7, 31, Rio Ferdinand 84
Head Coach: Steve McClaren
Russia
16 Viacheslav Malafeev, 2 Vasily Berezutskiy, 5 Sergey Ignashevich, 10 Andrey Arshavin, 15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, 17 Konstantin Zyryanov, 18 Yury Zhishkov, 20 Igor Semshov (23 Vladimir Bystrov, 40), 22 Alexander Anyukov (11 Alexander Kerzakov, 80), 26 Dmitry Sychev (19 Roman Pavlyuchenko, 63), 27 Alexey Berezutskiy.
Subs: 12 Anton Shunin, 7 Dmitriy Torbinskiy, 13 Pavel Pogrebnyak, 25 Denis Koldin.
Head Coach: Guus Hiddink
Kit Colours
England
White shirts, Blue shorts, White socks
GK Aubergine shirt, Aubergine shorts, White socks
Russia
Red shirts, White shorts, Blue socks
GK Green shirt, Green shorts, Green socks
Match Officials
Referee: Martin Hansson (SWE)
Assistant Referees: Stefan Wittberg and Henrik Andren (SWE)
Fourth Official: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)
Attendance: 86,106