UEFA Europa League

Zenit St Petersburg vs Vardar, 2017-18 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League
Zenit St Petersburg
  • 16': Dmitriy Poloz
  • 43': Emiliano Rigoni
FT
2 - 1
Vardar
  • 90'+3': Dejan Blazevski

About

Zenit St Petersburg are hosting Vardar at Gazprom Arena, Saint Petersburg, Russia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Attempt saved. Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 2': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Evgen Novak.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Dmitriy Poloz (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
  • 4': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Boban Grncarov.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Miha Mevlja following a corner.
  • 5': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan.
  • 6': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Besir Demiri.
  • 6': Boban Nikolov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Foul by Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 8': Boban Nikolov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Foul by Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 9': Attempt missed. Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 11': Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 11': Foul by Vanja Markovic (Vardar).
  • 13': Foul by Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 13': Ytalo (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 16': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 1, Vardar 0. Dmitriy Poloz (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
  • 17': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Foul by Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 18': Boban Nikolov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 19': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Miha Mevlja.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Alves (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Boban Nikolov.
  • 25': Attempt missed. Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dmitriy Poloz.
  • 25': Foul by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Vardar).
  • 25': Oleg Shatov (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 26': Penalty Zenit St Petersburg. Artem Dzyuba draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 26': Penalty conceded by Evgen Novak (Vardar) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 27': Penalty saved! Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 27': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Evgen Novak.
  • 31': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Yuri Zhirkov.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Boban Nikolov (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 32': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 32': Foul by Emanuel Mammana (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 32': Attempt missed. Boban Nikolov (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alves.
  • 35': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Foul by Dmitriy Poloz (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 38': Denis Terentjev (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Jambul Jigauri (Vardar).
  • 39': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Emiliano Rigoni tries a through ball, but Oleg Shatov is caught offside.
  • 41': Foul by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Vardar).
  • 41': Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Vardar 0. Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Noboa.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Alves (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Boban Nikolov.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Dmitriy Poloz (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 2, Vardar 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Zenit St Petersburg 2, Vardar 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Sebastián Driussi replaces Oleg Shatov.
  • 48': Foul by Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 48': Ytalo (Vardar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 48': Foul by Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 48': Ytalo (Vardar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Dmitriy Poloz (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Emiliano Rigoni.
  • 52': Attempt saved. Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Besir Demiri.
  • 53': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Denis Terentjev tries a through ball, but Artem Dzyuba is caught offside.
  • 54': Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 54': Foul by Besir Demiri (Vardar).
  • 54': Besir Demiri (Vardar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Delay in match Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg) because of an injury.
  • 57': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 58': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Christian Noboa tries a through ball, but Artem Dzyuba is caught offside.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Alves (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ytalo.
  • 60': Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 60': Foul by Evgen Novak (Vardar).
  • 61': Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 61': Foul by Evgen Novak (Vardar).
  • 66': Attempt saved. Alves (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan.
  • 67': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Denis Terentjev.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Boban Nikolov (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vanja Markovic.
  • 67': Offside, Vardar. Boban Nikolov tries a through ball, but Evgen Novak is caught offside.
  • 68': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 68': Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 69': Attempt blocked. Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emiliano Rigoni.
  • 69': Foul by Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 69': Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Alves.
  • 71': Besir Demiri (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 71': Foul by Denis Terentjev (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 71': Denis Terentjev (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ytalo.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 73': Denis Terentjev (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Foul by Alves (Vardar).
  • 73': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Matías Kranevitter replaces Artem Dzyuba.
  • 74': Boban Nikolov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Foul by Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 75': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Boban Grncarov.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dmitriy Poloz.
  • 77': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Boban Grncarov.
  • 77': Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Vardar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 79': Substitution, Vardar. Dejan Blazevski replaces Ytalo.
  • 80': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Christian Noboa tries a through ball, but Emiliano Rigoni is caught offside.
  • 80': Foul by Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 80': Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 81': Delay in match Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) because of an injury.
  • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 83': Foul by Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar).
  • 83': Matías Kranevitter (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Substitution, Vardar. Filip Stojcevski replaces Tigran Barseghyan.
  • 86': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Besir Demiri.
  • 86': Boban Nikolov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 87': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Maxim Karpov replaces Emanuel Mammana.
  • 88': Attempt blocked. Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alves.
  • 88': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 88': Foul by Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 89': Attempt saved. Dejan Blazevski (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 89': Boban Grncarov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Vardar. Petar Petkovski replaces Jambul Jigauri.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Maxim Karpov.
  • 90'+3': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Vardar 1. Dejan Blazevski (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alves with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yuri Zhirkov.
  • 90'+4': Denis Terentjev (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Petar Petkovski (Vardar).
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 2, Vardar 1.
  • 90'+5': Match ends, Zenit St Petersburg 2, Vardar 1.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 18
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 4
4 Corner Kicks 8
3 Saves 7
38.9 Possession 61.1
16 SHOTS 11
8 ON GOAL 5
0.5 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
267 Accurate Passes 462
352 Passes 548
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 2
11 Crosses 22
0.3 Cross % 0.1
56 Long Balls 61
22 Accurate Long Balls 42
0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
4 Blocked Shots 3
10 Effective Tackles 14
16 Tackles 19
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
0 Interceptions 0
35 Effective Clearances 17
35 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Gazprom Arena
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Attendance: 38,196

Line-Ups

ZEN Zenit St Petersburg (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Yuri Lodygin (GK)
30 Emanuel Mammana
23 Miha Mevlja
18 Yuri Zhirkov
3 Denis Terentjev Yellow Card
21 Aleksandr Erokhin
16 Christian Noboa
17 Oleg Shatov
10 Emiliano Rigoni
22 Artem Dzyuba
7 Dmitriy Poloz
Zenit St Petersburg Substitutes:
Leandro Paredes, Sebastián Driussi, Ivan Novoseltsev, Mikhail Kerzhakov, Domenico Criscito, Maxim Karpov, Matías Kranevitter.

VAR Vardar (4-4-2)

No. Name
90 Filip Gacevski (GK)
21 Evgen Novak
6 Boban Grncarov
23 Besir Demiri Yellow Card
19 Hovhannes Hambardzumyan Yellow Card
8 Vanja Markovic
10 Boban Nikolov
7 Jambul Jighauri
11 Tigran Barseghyan
48 Ytalo
70 Juan Felipe
Vardar Substitutes:
Dejan Blazevski, Nikola Gligorov, Igor Aleksovski, Filip Stojcevski, Darko Velkoski, Visar Musliu, Petar Petkovski.

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