UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Chelsea WWDWL 3
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Zenit St Petersburg DWDWD 3
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CHE123
ZEN213
Gazprom Arena · 29,349 att.

Match Report

Chelsea blow top spot in UCL with last-gasp draw vs. Zenit St Petersburg

Champions League holders Chelsea blew the chance to top their group as they were held to a 3-3 draw against Zenit St Petersburg.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
5
53.9
Possession
46.1
13
SHOTS
18
8
ON GOAL
7
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
458
Accurate Passes
367
524
Passes
444
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
24
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.3
41
Long Balls
46
20
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
6
5
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
12
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
9
20
Effective Clearances
16
20
Clearances
16

Head to Head

CHE leads series 1-0

Lineups

ZEN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 41Mikhail KerzhakovG
  2. 44Yaroslav RakitskiyCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 5Wilmar BarriosDM
  5. 3Douglas SantosLB
  6. 15Vyacheslav KaravaevRB
  7. 8WendelCM-L
  8. 14Daler KuzyaevCM-R
  9. 11ClaudinhoLM
  10. 10MalcomRM
  11. 7Sardar AzmounF

Substitutes

  1. 94Danila KhotulevSUB
  2. 91David ByazrovSUB
  3. 27Magomed OzdoevSUB
  4. 64Kirill KravtsovSUB
  5. 71Daniil OdoevskiySUB
  6. 4Danil KrugovoiSUB
  7. 22Artem DzyubaSUB
  8. 19Alex SutorminSUB
  9. 21Aleksandr ErokhinSUB
  10. 85Daniil KuznetsovSUB
  11. 17Andrei MostovoySUB

CHE · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 4Andreas ChristensenCD
  3. 31Malang SarrCD-L
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaCD-R
  5. 18Ross BarkleyCM-L
  6. 24Reece JamesCM-R
  7. 19Mason MountAM
  8. 17Saúl ÑíguezLM
  9. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiRM
  10. 11Timo WernerCF-L
  11. 9Romelu LukakuCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Marcus BettinelliSUB
  2. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB
  3. 22Hakim ZiyechSUB
  4. 2Antonio RüdigerSUB
  5. 6Thiago SilvaSUB
  6. 16Édouard MendySUB
  7. 29Kai HavertzSUB
  8. 10Christian PulisicSUB
  9. 3Marcos AlonsoSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 0, Chelsea 1. Timo Werner (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andreas Christensen following a corner.
  2. 37' Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 1, Chelsea 1. Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Douglas Santos with a cross.
  4. 41' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Chelsea 1. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Malcom with a through ball.
  5. 51' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Andrey Mostovoy replaces Wendel because of an injury.
  6. 60' Dejan Lovren (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 62' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Chelsea 2. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Timo Werner.
  8. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Hakim Ziyech replaces Ross Barkley.
  9. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  10. 65' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Daniil Krugovoy replaces Yaroslav Rakitskiy.
  11. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  12. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Marcos Alonso replaces Saúl Ñíguez.
  13. 79' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Artem Dzyuba replaces Sardar Azmoun because of an injury.
  14. 80' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksandr Erokhin replaces Malcom.
  15. 80' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Magomed Ozdoev replaces Daler Kuzyaev.
  16. 85' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Chelsea 3. Timo Werner (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
  17. 90'+4' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 3, Chelsea 3. Magomed Ozdoev (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.

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