Algeria secured the second spot in the last group game and hence will play against Germany in the round of last 16. A courageous performance upsetting the odds once more, but against Germany a lot of more luck will be needed.
Odds based on starting XI: Algeria: 29.0%, draw: 30.5%, Russia: 40.6%
Algeria
| Player | Goalimpact | Peak GI | Age | Team | No. Games | No. Minutes |
| Raïs M'Bolhi | 104.6 | 104.6 | 28.1 | CSKA Sofia | 130 | 12055 |
| Essaïd Belkalem | 105.2 | 107.2 | 25.4 | Watford FC | 59 | 5069 |
| Rafik Halliche | 99.5 | 103.9 | 27.8 | Academica de Coimbra | 91 | 6810 |
| Carl Medjani | 91.0 | 96.6 | 29.1 | Valenciennes FC | 227 | 19762 |
| Aïssa Mandi | 100.3 | 113.0 | 22.6 | Stade Reims | 98 | 8706 |
| Djamel Mesbah | 81.9 | 88.0 | 29.7 | AS Livorno | 240 | 18004 |
| Sofiane Féghouli | 103.0 | 108.3 | 24.4 | Valencia CF | 188 | 12727 |
| Yacine Brahimi | 99.3 | 105.0 | 24.3 | Granada CF | 150 | 10271 |
| Nabil Bentaleb | 86.3 | 123.1 | 19.5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | 2070 |
| Islam Slimani | 111.9 | 112.1 | 25.9 | Sporting CP | 82 | 5060 |
| Abdelmoumen Djabou | 108.3 | 111.7 | 27.3 | Club Africain | 76 | 6449 |
| Average | 99.2 | 106.7 | 25.8 | |||
| Bench | ||||||
| Hassan Yebda | 97.1 | 103.8 | 30.1 | Udinese Calcio | 167 | 10908 |
| Nabil Ghilas | 97.0 | 103.4 | 24.1 | FC Porto | 59 | 3630 |
| El Arbi Soudani | 110.3 | 111.5 | 26.5 | Dinamo Zagreb | 116 | 8423 |
| Cédric Si Mohamed | 100.2 | 100.2 | 29.4 | CS Constantine | 65 | 6002 |
| Mohamed Zemamouche | 109.2 | 109.2 | 29.4 | USM Alger | 62 | 5671 |
| Madjid Bougherra | 105.4 | 125.4 | 31.7 | Lekhwiya SC | 223 | 19931 |
| Faouzi Ghoulam | 105.3 | 114.9 | 23.3 | SSC Napoli | 115 | 9628 |
| Liassine Cadamuro | 101.8 | 102.3 | 26.3 | RCD Mallorca | 42 | 3222 |
| Medhi Lacen | 91.8 | 99.8 | 30.3 | Getafe CF | 222 | 16219 |
| Saphir Taïder | 94.9 | 109.1 | 22.3 | Inter | 109 | 7591 |
| Mehdi Mostefa | 78.0 | 90.5 | 30.8 | AC Ajaccio | 216 | 19046 |
| Riyad Mahrez | 107.1 | 117.0 | 23.3 | Leicester City | 82 | 5312 |
| Average | 99.8 | 107.3 | 27.3 | |||
Russia
| Player | Goalimpact | Peak GI | Age | Team | No. Games | No. Minutes |
| Igor Akinfeev | 128.8 | 128.8 | 28.2 | CSKA Moskva | 308 | 28621 |
| Aleksey Kozlov | 109.6 | 113.2 | 27.4 | Dinamo Moskva | 99 | 8740 |
| Sergey Ignashevich | 110.9 | 152.3 | 34.9 | CSKA Moskva | 383 | 35437 |
| Vasiliy Berezutskiy | 119.3 | 141.8 | 31.9 | CSKA Moskva | 318 | 28433 |
| Dmitriy Kombarov | 110.8 | 114.2 | 27.3 | Spartak Moskva | 255 | 22863 |
| Denis Glushakov | 108.5 | 111.9 | 27.3 | Spartak Moskva | 197 | 15601 |
| Oleg Shatov | 112.3 | 119.8 | 23.8 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 89 | 5870 |
| Viktor Fayzulin | 116.4 | 121.4 | 28.1 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 226 | 14880 |
| Aleksandr Kokorin | 106.8 | 116.9 | 23.2 | Dinamo Moskva | 160 | 10507 |
| Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 109.8 | 128.7 | 31.5 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 302 | 22987 |
| Aleksandr Samedov | 105.4 | 111.6 | 29.8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 231 | 18427 |
| Average | 112.6 | 123.7 | 28.5 | |||
| Bench | ||||||
| Igor Denisov | 121.3 | 127.9 | 30.0 | Dinamo Moskva | 294 | 24930 |
| Alan Dzagoev | 118.8 | 125.8 | 23.9 | CSKA Moskva | 205 | 15749 |
| Maksim Kanunnikov | 92.2 | 103.8 | 22.9 | FK Amkar Perm | 117 | 6305 |
| Juri Lodikin | 108.1 | 108.1 | 24.0 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 64 | 5935 |
| Sergey Ryzhikov | 117.8 | 117.8 | 33.7 | Rubin Kazan | 236 | 21818 |
| Georgiy Shchennikov | 112.4 | 123.1 | 23.1 | CSKA Moskva | 170 | 14269 |
| Andrey Semenov | 102.1 | 104.8 | 25.2 | Terek Grozniy | 36 | 3165 |
| Vladimir Granat | 110.7 | 113.3 | 27.0 | Dinamo Moskva | 192 | 17086 |
| Andrey Eshchenko | 93.6 | 102.4 | 30.3 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 161 | 13850 |
| Pavel Mogilevets | 92.3 | 112.8 | 21.3 | Rubin Kazan | 21 | 1675 |
| Yuriy Zhirkov | 116.0 | 128.8 | 30.8 | Dinamo Moskva | 276 | 22624 |
| Aleksey Ionov | 108.6 | 111.0 | 25.3 | Dinamo Moskva | 128 | 7898 |
| Average | 107.8 | 115.0 | 26.5 | |||
Odds based on starting XI: Algeria: 29.0%, draw: 30.5%, Russia: 40.6%