UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Zenit St Petersburg WWWWW 2
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Benfica LWWDW 0
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ZEN202
SLB000
Estádio da Luz · 35,294 att.

Match Report

Hulk, Alex Witsel lead Zenit St Petersburg to win away to Benfica

Hulk, Alex Witsel lead Zenit St Petersburg to win away to Benfica

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
4
58.5
Possession
41.5
17
SHOTS
17
6
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
504
Accurate Passes
311
558
Passes
375
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
24
0.1
Cross %
0.3
74
Long Balls
40
52
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
7
Blocked Shots
8
14
Effective Tackles
14
18
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
16
26
Clearances
16

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

SLB · 4-4-2

  1. 1Artur MorãesG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 4LuisãoCD-R
  4. 19EliseuLB
  5. 14Maxi PereiraRB
  6. 7Andreas SamarisCM-L
  7. 35Enzo PérezCM-R
  8. 10Nicolás GaitánLM
  9. 18Eduardo SalvioRM
  10. 30TaliscaCF-L
  11. 11LimaCF-R

ZEN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yuri LodyginG
  2. 6Nicolas LombaertsCD-L
  3. 24Ezequiel GarayCD-R
  4. 4Domenico CriscitoLB
  5. 19Igor SmolnikovRB
  6. 35DannyAM
  7. 28Axel WitselLM
  8. 21Javi GarcíaRM
  9. 23Salomón RondónF
  10. 17Oleg ShatovAM-L
  11. 7HulkAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Benfica 0, Zenit St Petersburg 1. Hulk (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oleg Shatov.
  2. 18' Artur Moraes (Benfica) is shown the red card.
  3. 20' Substitution, Benfica. Paulo Lopes replaces Anderson Talisca.
  4. 22' Goal! Benfica 0, Zenit St Petersburg 2. Axel Witsel (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danny with a cross following a corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Alexander Anyukov replaces Igor Smolnikov because of an injury.
  6. 60' Maxi Pereira (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Javi García (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 74' Substitution, Benfica. Derley replaces Lima.
  9. 74' Substitution, Benfica. André Almeida replaces Andreas Samaris.
  10. 76' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Pavel Mogilevets replaces Salomón Rondón.
  11. 85' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Andrey Arshavin replaces Hulk.

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