UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Benfica LWWWW 2
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Zenit St Petersburg LDLLD 1
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2nd Leg - Benfica win 3-1 on aggregate · Petrovski Stadium · 17,688 att.

Match Report

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Benfica head into Champions League quarters after victory over Zenit

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Team Stats

22
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
6
5
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
7
43.6
Possession
56.4
12
SHOTS
14
9
ON GOAL
4
0.8
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
289
Accurate Passes
396
392
Passes
499
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
8
12
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
53
18
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
18
Effective Tackles
13
20
Tackles
16
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
12
17
Clearances
14

Head to Head

ZEN leads series 3-2

Lineups

ZEN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yuri LodyginG
  2. 6Nicolas LombaertsCD-L
  3. 13Luís NetoCD-R
  4. 81Yuri ZhirkovLB
  5. 2Alexander AnyukovRB
  6. 10DannyAM
  7. 28Axel WitselLM
  8. 8MaurícioRM
  9. 22Artem DzyubaF
  10. 7HulkAM-L
  11. 9Aleksandr KokorinAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Ezequiel GaraySUB
  2. 92Pavel DolgovSUB
  3. 17Oleg ShatovSUB
  4. 19Igor SmolnikovSUB
  5. 41Mikhail KerzhakovSUB
  6. 52Andrey IvanovSUB
  7. 14Artur YusupovSUB

SLB · 4-4-2

  1. 1EdersonG
  2. 14Victor LindelöfCD-L
  3. 7Andreas SamarisCD-R
  4. 19EliseuLB
  5. 50Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 85Renato SanchesCM-L
  7. 5Ljubomir FejsaCM-R
  8. 10Nicolás GaitánLM
  9. 21PizziRM
  10. 17JonasCF-L
  11. 11Kostas MitroglouCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 66Rúben DiasSUB
  2. 13Paulo LopesSUB
  3. 30TaliscaSUB
  4. 20Gonçalo GuedesSUB
  5. 18Eduardo SalvioSUB
  6. 9Raúl JiménezSUB
  7. 28SílvioSUB

Timeline

  1. 36' Kostas Mitroglou (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 49' Pizzi (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 58' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Oleg Shatov replaces Alexander Kokorin.
  4. 58' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Igor Smolnikov replaces Alexander Anyukov.
  5. 67' Substitution, Benfica. Raúl Jiménez replaces Kostas Mitroglou.
  6. 69' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 1, Benfica 0. Hulk (Zenit St Petersburg) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Yuri Zhirkov.
  7. 73' Substitution, Benfica. Eduardo Salvio replaces Pizzi.
  8. 82' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Artur Yusupov replaces Mauricio.
  9. 85' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 1, Benfica 1. Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  10. 90'+2' Substitution, Benfica. Anderson Talisca replaces Jonas.
  11. 90'+5' Hulk (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+6' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 1, Benfica 2. Anderson Talisca (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolás Gaitán.

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