UEFA Champions League

Benfica vs Zenit St Petersburg, 2019-20 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

· UEFA Champions League
  • 47': Franco Cervi
  • 58': Pizzi (P)
  • 79': Sardar Azmoun (OG)
FT
3 - 0
  • Red Card 56': Douglas Santos

Zenit Saint Petersburg eliminated after 3-0 defeat at Benfica

Zenit Saint Petersburg missed out on a place in the Champions League last-16 when they lost 3-0 away to Benfica in their final Group G match.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Adel Taarabt (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 6': Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 6': Foul by Rúben Dias (Benfica).
  • 8': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Branislav Ivanovic.
  • 10': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Tomas Tavares.
  • 13': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Chiquinho.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Chiquinho (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Pizzi.
  • 17': Hand ball by Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 17': Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 19': Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Gabriel Pires (Benfica).
  • 19': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 20': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Franco Cervi.
  • 24': Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Magomed Ozdoev (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 26': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 26': Foul by Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 31': Foul by Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 31': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wilmar Barrios.
  • 35': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Douglas Santos.
  • 36': Foul by Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica).
  • 36': Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
  • 39': Foul by Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 39': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 40': Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 40': Rúben Dias (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Rúben Dias (Benfica).
  • 43': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Foul by Magomed Ozdoev (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 43': Magomed Ozdoev (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Benfica 0, Zenit St Petersburg 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Benfica 0, Zenit St Petersburg 0.
  • 47': Goal! Benfica 1, Zenit St Petersburg 0. Franco Cervi (Benfica) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pizzi.
  • 49': Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Franco Cervi (Benfica).
  • 52': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 52': Attempt saved. Gabriel Pires (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo.
  • 53': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Mikhail Kerzhakov.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Adel Taarabt (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 54': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Douglas Santos.
  • 55': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 55': Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 55': Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Penalty conceded by Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 56': Second yellow card to Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg) for hand ball.
  • 58': Goal! Benfica 2, Zenit St Petersburg 0. Pizzi (Benfica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 60': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Igor Smolnikov replaces Magomed Ozdoev.
  • 61': Foul by Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 61': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Attempt saved. Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gabriel Pires.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Franco Cervi (Benfica) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Chiquinho.
  • 64': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Branislav Ivanovic.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Chiquinho (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ferro following a corner.
  • 65': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksey Sutormin replaces Aleksandr Erokhin.
  • 66': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Oleg Shatov tries a through ball, but Artem Dzyuba is caught offside.
  • 69': Hand ball by Franco Cervi (Benfica).
  • 72': Attempt missed. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Pizzi following a fast break.
  • 74': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Wilmar Barrios tries a through ball, but Vyacheslav Karavaev is caught offside.
  • 75': Offside, Benfica. Carlos Vinicius tries a through ball, but Pizzi is caught offside.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Tomas Tavares (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
  • 77': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Ferro.
  • 77': Attempt saved. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 77': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Odisseas Vlachodimos.
  • 79': Attempt saved. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross.
  • 79': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Mikhail Kerzhakov.
  • 79': Own Goal by Sardar Azmoun, Zenit St Petersburg. Benfica 3, Zenit St Petersburg 0.
  • 81': Substitution, Benfica. Andreas Samaris replaces Gabriel Pires.
  • 81': Substitution, Benfica. Haris Seferovic replaces Franco Cervi.
  • 82': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Alejandro Grimaldo.
  • 83': Aleksey Sutormin (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Foul by Adel Taarabt (Benfica).
  • 86': Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Foul by Yordan Osorio (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Andreas Samaris (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 87': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Yordan Osorio.
  • 89': Substitution, Benfica. Caio replaces Carlos Vinicius.
  • 90': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Robert Mak replaces Oleg Shatov.
  • 90'+1': Hand ball by Rúben Dias (Benfica).
  • 90'+1': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Wilmar Barrios.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Benfica 3, Zenit St Petersburg 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Benfica 3, Zenit St Petersburg 0.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 8
2 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
6 Corner Kicks 8
4 Saves 1
38.4 Possession 61.6
3 SHOTS 16
1 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
306 Accurate Passes 549
387 Passes 623
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 2
17 Crosses 29
0.1 Cross % 0.1
73 Long Balls 56
43 Accurate Long Balls 39
0.6 Long Balls % 0.7
0 Blocked Shots 3
4 Effective Tackles 12
8 Tackles 21
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
13 Interceptions 11
25 Effective Clearances 16
25 Clearances 16

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 40,232

Line-Ups

SLB Benfica (4-4-1-1)

No. Name
99 Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
6 Rúben Dias
97 Ferro
3 Alejandro Grimaldo
84 Tomas Tavares
49 Adel Taarabt
8 Gabriel Yellow Card
11 Franco Cervi
21 Pizzi
95 Carlos Vinícius
19 Chiquinho

ZEN Zenit St Petersburg (4-4-2)

No. Name
41 Mikhail Kerzhakov (GK)
6 Branislav Ivanovic
4 Yordan Osorio
3 Douglas Santos Yellow Card
15 Vyacheslav Karavaev
27 Magomed Ozdoev Yellow Card
5 Wilmar Barrios
17 Oleg Shatov
21 Aleksandr Erokhin Yellow Card
22 Artem Dzyuba
7 Sardar Azmoun

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