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

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.

• 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• 0': First Half begins.
• 1': Attempt missed. Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Magomed Ozdoev.
• 2': Attempt saved. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
• 2': Attempt blocked. Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastián Driussi.
• 3': Foul by Haris Seferovic (Benfica).
• 3': Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 4': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 4': Foul by Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg).
• 4': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Oleg Shatov.
• 5': Attempt missed. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross following a corner.
• 6': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Pires (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo.
• 7': Attempt missed. Adel Taarabt (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Pires.
• 8': Foul by Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg).
• 8': Rúben Dias (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 9': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Jardel.
• 18': Foul by Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg).
• 18': Pizzi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 20': Attempt blocked. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Pires with a headed pass.
• 20': Attempt saved. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Pires.
• 21': Attempt missed. Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Oleg Shatov.
• 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.
• 24': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Yaroslav Rakitskiy.
• 25': Attempt missed. Oleg Shatov (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Magomed Ozdoev.
• 27': Attempt saved. Adel Taarabt (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Haris Seferovic.
• 29': Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 29': Foul by Rúben Dias (Benfica).
• 33': Foul by Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg).
• 33': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 37': Foul by Lubomir Fejsa (Benfica).
• 37': Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 38': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Pizzi.
• 41': Attempt missed. Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba with a headed pass.
• 43': Offside, Benfica. Tomas Tavares tries a through ball, but Haris Seferovic is caught offside.
• 44': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 44': Foul by Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Zenit St Petersburg).
• 44': Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 45': Attempt saved. Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pizzi.
• 45'+1': Attempt missed. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
• 45'+2': Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg).
• 45'+2': Rúben Dias (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 45'+2': First Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 1, Benfica 0.
• 45': Second Half begins Zenit St Petersburg 1, Benfica 0.
• 46': Attempt saved. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Sebastián Driussi with a headed pass.
• 46': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Odisseas Vlachodimos.
• 46': Attempt missed. Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
• 47': Foul by Adel Taarabt (Benfica).
• 47': Magomed Ozdoev (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 48': Attempt blocked. Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 49': Attempt blocked. Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 50': Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg).
• 50': Rúben Dias (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 50': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Sebastián Driussi tries a through ball, but Artem Dzyuba is caught offside.
• 51': Attempt saved. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rúben Dias.
• 51': Attempt saved. Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Oleg Shatov.
• 52': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
• 53': Attempt blocked. Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 54': Attempt missed. Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gabriel Pires.
• 55': Foul by Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg).
• 55': Pizzi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 59': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 59': Foul by Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg).
• 60': Substitution, Benfica. Carlos Vinicius replaces Pizzi.
• 60': Substitution, Benfica. Caio replaces Lubomir Fejsa.
• 61': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Igor Smolnikov.
• 63': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Pires (Benfica) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross.
• 63': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Sardar Azmoun.
• 63': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Yordan Osorio replaces Igor Smolnikov because of an injury.
• 68': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Vyacheslav Karavaev replaces Oleg Shatov.
• 69': Attempt saved. Caio (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafa.
• 69': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Andrey Lunev.
• 69': Foul by Caio (Benfica).
• 69': Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 70': Own Goal by Rúben Dias, Benfica. Zenit St Petersburg 2, Benfica 0.
• 75': Foul by Magomed Ozdoev (Zenit St Petersburg).
• 75': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 75': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Magomed Ozdoev.
• 76': Attempt blocked. Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 78': Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 78': Foul by Haris Seferovic (Benfica).
• 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.
• 79': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Artem Dzyuba tries a through ball, but Sardar Azmoun is caught offside.
• 81': Substitution, Benfica. Raúl de Tomás replaces Haris Seferovic.
• 81': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksandr Erokhin replaces Sardar Azmoun.
• 85': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 3, Benfica 1. Raúl de Tomás (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
• 86': Attempt missed. Raúl de Tomás (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gabriel Pires.
• 87': Hand ball by Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg).
• 88': Attempt saved. Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
• 88': Foul by Gabriel Pires (Benfica).
• 88': Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 90'+1': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Douglas Santos.
• 90'+1': Attempt missed. Rúben Dias (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Adel Taarabt with a cross following a corner.
• 90'+3': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Yaroslav Rakitskiy.
• 90'+3': Attempt saved. Gabriel Pires (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross.
• 90'+4': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Yaroslav Rakitskiy.
• 90'+5': Attempt missed. Gabriel Pires (Benfica) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Adel Taarabt with a cross following a corner.
• 90'+5': Attempt missed. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Pires following a corner.
• 90'+5': Attempt missed. Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
• 90'+6': Second Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 3, Benfica 1.
• 0': Match ends, Zenit St Petersburg 3, Benfica 1.