The two teams will go head-to-head in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Sunday morning (AEST).

Zhirkov was substituted at half-time during Russia's penalty shootout win over Spain on Sunday with scans later confirming that he has a calf muscle tendon inflammation that could rule him out of the national team's World Cup campaign.

The World Cup will continue until July 15 with only eight games left to play.