UEFA Europa League

Zenit St Petersburg vs Real Betis, 2021-22 UEFA Europa League, Knockout Round Playoffs

· 1st Leg
Zenit St Petersburg
  • 25': Artem Dzyuba
  • 28': Malcom
FT
2 - 3
1st Leg
Real Betis
  • 8': Guido Rodríguez
  • 18': Willian José
  • 41': Andrés Guardado

About

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

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Aitor Ruibal (Real Betis) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is too high. Assisted by Joaquín.
  • 7': Foul by Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 7': Youssouf Sabaly (Real Betis) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 7': Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 8': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 0, Real Betis 1. Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Joaquín with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 9': Foul by Andrés Guardado (Real Betis).
  • 9': Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 14': Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Edgar González (Real Betis).
  • 14': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Wilmar Barrios tries a through ball, but Malcom is caught offside.
  • 18': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 0, Real Betis 2. Willian José (Real Betis) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Guido Rodríguez.
  • 20': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Artem Dzyuba tries a through ball, but Daler Kuzyaev is caught offside.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Willian José (Real Betis) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juanmi.
  • 21': Corner, Real Betis. Conceded by Dmitriy Chistyakov.
  • 22': Corner, Real Betis. Conceded by Malcom.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
  • 24': Attempt blocked. Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 25': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 1, Real Betis 2. Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vyacheslav Karavaev with a cross.
  • 28': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Real Betis 2. Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wendel.
  • 34': Foul by Álex Moreno (Real Betis).
  • 34': Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': 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 Malcom with a cross.
  • 36': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Rui Silva.
  • 39': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Yaroslav Rakitskiy tries a through ball, but Artem Dzyuba is caught offside.
  • 39': Foul by Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 39': Youssouf Sabaly (Real Betis) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 40': Corner, Real Betis. Conceded by Vyacheslav Karavaev.
  • 41': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Real Betis 3. Andrés Guardado (Real Betis) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aitor Ruibal with a through ball.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 2, Real Betis 3.
  • 45': Second Half begins Zenit St Petersburg 2, Real Betis 3.
  • 45': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Andrey Mostovoy replaces Vyacheslav Karavaev.
  • 45': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Daniil Krugovoy replaces Yaroslav Rakitskiy.
  • 46': Foul by Álex Moreno (Real Betis).
  • 46': Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Guido Rodríguez.
  • 47': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Daniil Krugovoy tries a through ball, but Claudinho is caught offside.
  • 49': Attempt blocked. Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrey Mostovoy.
  • 49': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Claudinho tries a through ball, but Artem Dzyuba is caught offside.
  • 49': Foul by Daniil Krugovoy (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 49': Youssouf Sabaly (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Andrey Mostovoy (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 53': Foul by Germán Pezzella (Real Betis).
  • 54': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Youssouf Sabaly.
  • 56': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Claudinho tries a through ball, but Artem Dzyuba is caught offside.
  • 57': Foul by Wendel (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 57': Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Substitution, Real Betis. Cristian Tello replaces Juanmi.
  • 58': Substitution, Real Betis. William Carvalho replaces Joaquín.
  • 59': Corner, Real Betis. Conceded by Daniil Krugovoy.
  • 60': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Álex Moreno.
  • 61': Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 61': Germán Pezzella (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Foul by Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 63': Álex Moreno (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Foul by Andrés Guardado (Real Betis).
  • 64': Foul by Daniil Krugovoy (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 64': Álex Moreno (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Yuri Alberto replaces Claudinho.
  • 66': Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Malcom with a through ball.
  • 67': Foul by Willian José (Real Betis).
  • 67': Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Wendel (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 68': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Germán Pezzella.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Aitor Ruibal (Real Betis) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Youssouf Sabaly.
  • 71': Daniil Krugovoy (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Andrés Guardado (Real Betis).
  • 73': Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Foul by Germán Pezzella (Real Betis).
  • 73': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Ivan Sergeev replaces Artem Dzyuba.
  • 74': Dmitriy Chistyakov (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Cristian Tello (Real Betis).
  • 75': Cristian Tello (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 76': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Youssouf Sabaly.
  • 78': Foul by Andrés Guardado (Real Betis).
  • 78': Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 78': Substitution, Real Betis. Borja Iglesias replaces Willian José.
  • 79': Foul by Borja Iglesias (Real Betis).
  • 79': Wendel (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Youssouf Sabaly.
  • 81': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Edgar González.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Cristian Tello (Real Betis) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by William Carvalho following a fast break.
  • 85': Foul by Aitor Ruibal (Real Betis).
  • 85': Wendel (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Substitution, Real Betis. Héctor Bellerín replaces Aitor Ruibal.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Yuri Alberto (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wendel.
  • 88': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksandr Erokhin replaces Dmitriy Chistyakov.
  • 89': Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by Borja Iglesias (Real Betis).
  • 90': Foul by Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis).
  • 90': Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Edgar González.
  • 90'+2': Borja Iglesias (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg).
  • 90'+3': Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Borja Iglesias (Real Betis).
  • 90'+3': Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 2, Real Betis 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Zenit St Petersburg 2, Real Betis 3.

Statistics

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16 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 6
4 Corner Kicks 9
1 Saves 0
37.6 Possession 62.4
7 SHOTS 9
3 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
268 Accurate Passes 495
350 Passes 577
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 4
13 Crosses 23
0.2 Cross % 0.2
56 Long Balls 49
22 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 5
4 Effective Tackles 11
13 Tackles 19
0.3 Tackle % 0.6
11 Interceptions 12
18 Effective Clearances 10
18 Clearances 10

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Gazprom Arena
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Attendance: 28,936

Line-Ups

ZEN Zenit St Petersburg (4-4-1-1)

No. Name
41 Mikhail Kerzhakov (GK)
44 Yaroslav Rakitskiy Yellow Card
2 Dmitriy Chistyakov
3 Douglas Santos
15 Vyacheslav Karavaev
8 Wendel
5 Wilmar Barrios Yellow Card
11 Claudinho
10 Malcom
22 Artem Dzyuba
14 Daler Kuzyaev
Zenit St Petersburg Substitutes:
Andrei Mostovoy, David Byazrov, Arsen Adamov, Alex Sutormin, Ivan Sergeev, Yuri Alberto, Danil Krugovoi, Magomed Ozdoev, Daniil Odoevskiy, Aleksandr Erokhin.

BET Real Betis (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
13 Rui Silva (GK)
3 Edgar González
16 Germán Pezzella
15 Álex Moreno
23 Youssouf Sabaly
17 Joaquín
18 Andrés Guardado
21 Guido Rodríguez
12 Willian José
7 Juanmi
24 Aitor Ruibal
Real Betis Substitutes:
Víctor Ruiz, Daniel Rebollo, Héctor Bellerín, Diego Lainez, Marc Bartra, William Carvalho, Cristian Tello, Joel Robles, Borja Iglesias.

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