UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Zenit St Petersburg WWLDL 0
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Benfica WWWWL 1
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1st Leg · Estádio da Luz · 48,615 att.

Match Report

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Benfica beat Zenit St Petersburg with late goal from Jonas

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
2
35.5
Possession
64.5
5
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
203
Accurate Passes
437
292
Passes
529
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
44
32
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
17
18
Tackles
26
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
17
27
Clearances
21

Head to Head

ZEN leads series 3-1

Lineups

SLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Julio César De LeónG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 14Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 19EliseuLB
  5. 34André AlmeidaRB
  6. 17JonasAM
  7. 85Renato SanchesLM
  8. 7Andreas SamarisRM
  9. 11Kostas MitroglouF
  10. 10Nicolás GaitánAM-L
  11. 21PizziAM-R

ZEN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yuri LodyginG
  2. 6Nicolas LombaertsCD-L
  3. 24Ezequiel GarayCD-R
  4. 4Domenico CriscitoLB
  5. 2Alexander AnyukovRB
  6. 7HulkAM
  7. 21Javi GarcíaLM
  8. 28Axel WitselRM
  9. 22Artem DzyubaF
  10. 10DannyAM-L
  11. 17Oleg ShatovAM-R

Timeline

  1. 16' André Almeida (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Axel Witsel (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Jardel (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Pizzi (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Javi García (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  6. 63' Substitution, Benfica. Raúl Jiménez replaces Kostas Mitroglou.
  7. 67' Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 71' Substitution, Benfica. Mehdi Carcela-González replaces Pizzi.
  9. 74' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Alexander Kokorin replaces Artem Dzyuba.
  10. 81' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Yuri Zhirkov replaces Oleg Shatov because of an injury.
  11. 87' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Mauricio replaces Danny.
  12. 90' Second yellow card to Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersburg) for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+1' Goal! Benfica 1, Zenit St Petersburg 0. Jonas (Benfica) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolás Gaitán following a set piece situation.
  14. 90'+2' Jonas (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

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