Jesus opened the scoring after a pass by Neymar in the 43rd minute and Alex Sandro sealed the victory with a header near the end of the match at King Saud University Stadium.
Salem Aldawsari scored with almost the last kick, shooting from a tight angle inside the Egypt penalty area and poking the ball past El Hadary.
Uruguay and Russia both have six points from their opening two matches, putting them into the round of 16 and will face each other with first place in Group A on the line.
Uruguay's 1-0 win against Egypt in their opening match means beating Saudi Arabia would leave Uruguay with six points and allow them to book their place in the knockout phase
The Airbus plane was flying from St. Petersburg to the southern city of Rostov-on-Don when its engine caught fire.
Saudi Arabia will face star-studded Uruguay in their next game of the FIFA World Cup 2018.
The Luzhniki stadium at Moscow was extravagant with its bright colours and to start matters, it was Russia's first World Cup win since 2002 and ended a seven-game winless run overall — the national team's longest winless streak in 20 years.
It was Russia's first World Cup win since 2002 and ended a seven-game winless run overall — the national team's longest winless streak in 20 years.
Spain beat Portugal at the 2010 World Cup, and again in the semifinals of the 2012 European Championship, going on to win the tournament both times.
The home team will likely need to win to have a realistic hope of advancing from Group A, and is expected to have Russian President Vladimir Putin in the crowd for support as it bids to end a winless streak of seven games.
Joachim Loew's side again failed to shine and had to rely on Mats Hummels denying Mohammad Al-Sahlawi an injury-time equalizer.
Russia, Uruguay, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are part of Group A in FIFA World Cup 2018.
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