UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Zenit St Petersburg LWWLD 1
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KAA Gent LWWWD 2
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Match Report

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Gent end 15-year Belgian drought by reaching last 16 of Champions League

Goals from Laurent Depoitre and Danijel Milicevic gave Gent a victory they did not ultimately need as Valencia lost.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

16
Fouls
12
6
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
5
7
Saves
2
49.7
Possession
50.3
9
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.9
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
362
Accurate Passes
364
473
Passes
471
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
7
14
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.4
77
Long Balls
51
31
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
20
16
Tackles
23
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
22
16
Clearances
27

Head to Head

ZEN leads series 1-0

Lineups

GENT · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Matz SelsG
  2. 23Lasse NielsenCD
  3. 13Stefan MitrovicCD-L
  4. 4Rafinha CD-R
  5. 10Renato NetoCM-L
  6. 14Sven KumsCM-R
  7. 77Danijel MilicevicAM
  8. 21Nana AsareLM
  9. 32Thomas FoketRM
  10. 27Moses SimonCF-L
  11. 9Laurent DepoitreCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Kalifa CoulibalySUB
  2. 3Uros VitasSUB
  3. 19Brecht DejaegereSUB
  4. 25Brian VandenbusscheSUB
  5. 12Marko PoletanovicSUB
  6. 15Kenny SaiefSUB
  7. 17Hannes Van Der BruggenSUB

ZEN · 5-3-2

  1. 1Yuri LodyginG
  2. 24Ezequiel GarayCD
  3. 6Nicolas LombaertsCD-L
  4. 13Luís NetoCD-R
  5. 4Domenico CriscitoLB
  6. 2Alexander AnyukovRB
  7. 21Javi GarcíaCM
  8. 14Artur YusupovCM-L
  9. 5Aleksandr RyazantsevCM-R
  10. 22Artem DzyubaCF-L
  11. 10DannyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 92Pavel DolgovSUB
  2. 17Oleg ShatovSUB
  3. 70Dmitri BogaevSUB
  4. 52Andrey IvanovSUB
  5. 58Ilya ZuevSUB
  6. 79Konstantin TroyanovSUB
  7. 41Mikhail KerzhakovSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! KAA Gent 1, Zenit St Petersburg 0. Laurent Depoitre (KAA Gent) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Moses Daddy Simon with a cross.
  2. 44' Ezequiel Garay (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 61' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Pavel Dolgov replaces Aleksandr Ryazantsev.
  4. 65' Goal! KAA Gent 1, Zenit St Petersburg 1. Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  5. 75' Javi García (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 76' Artur Yusupov (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 78' Goal! KAA Gent 2, Zenit St Petersburg 1. Danijel Milicevic (KAA Gent) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 79' Juri Lodygin (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 79' Danijel Milicevic (KAA Gent) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  10. 82' Substitution, KAA Gent. Brecht Dejaegere replaces Danijel Milicevic.
  11. 82' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Dmitri Bogaev replaces Alexander Anyukov.
  12. 86' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Konstantin Troyanov replaces Javi García.
  13. 88' Substitution, KAA Gent. Kenny Saief replaces Moses Daddy Simon.
  14. 89' Nicolas Lombaerts (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+2' Danny (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+2' Stefan Mitrovic (KAA Gent) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+3' Substitution, KAA Gent. Kalifa Coulibaly replaces Laurent Depoitre.

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