UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Benfica WWLWW 1
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Zenit St Petersburg WWDWL 3
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SLB011
ZEN123
Gazprom Arena · 51,683 att.

Match Report

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Zenit grind down Benfica in 3-1 home win

Zenit St Petersburg stayed on course to reach the Champions League knockout stages after strikes by Artem Dzyuba and Serdar Azmoun.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
6
56.8
Possession
43.2
18
SHOTS
17
7
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
462
Accurate Passes
337
550
Passes
428
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
0
28
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.0
47
Long Balls
81
28
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
13
14
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
15
19
Effective Clearances
19
19
Clearances
19

Head to Head

SLB leads series 3-2

Lineups

ZEN · 4-4-2

  1. 99Andrey LunevG
  2. 44Yaroslav RakitskiyCD-L
  3. 6Branislav IvanovicCD-R
  4. 3Douglas SantosLB
  5. 19Igor SmolnikovRB
  6. 5Wilmar BarriosCM-L
  7. 27Magomed OzdoevCM-R
  8. 11Sebastián DriussiLM
  9. 17Oleg ShatovRM
  10. 22Artem DzyubaCF-L
  11. 7Sardar AzmounCF-R

SLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 99Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 6Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 84Tomas TavaresRB
  6. 49Adel TaarabtAM
  7. 8GabrielLM
  8. 5Ljubomir FejsaRM
  9. 14Haris SeferovicF
  10. 27Rafa SilvaAM-L
  11. 21PizziAM-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 1, Benfica 0. Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Magomed Ozdoev.
  2. 44' Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' Substitution, Benfica. Carlos Vinicius replaces Pizzi.
  4. 60' Substitution, Benfica. Caio replaces Lubomir Fejsa.
  5. 63' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Yordan Osorio replaces Igor Smolnikov because of an injury.
  6. 68' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Vyacheslav Karavaev replaces Oleg Shatov.
  7. 70' Own Goal by Rúben Dias, Benfica. Zenit St Petersburg 2, Benfica 0.
  8. 78' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 3, Benfica 0. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Magomed Ozdoev following a set piece situation.
  9. 81' Substitution, Benfica. Raúl de Tomás replaces Haris Seferovic.
  10. 81' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksandr Erokhin replaces Sardar Azmoun.
  11. 85' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 3, Benfica 1. Raúl de Tomás (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.

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