FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg vs Chelsea FC, Champions League 2021-22 GROUP STAGE
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FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg vs Chelsea FC — Champions League at Gazprom Arena.
- FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Chelsea FC 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk
- Referee Jeroen Manschot
- Referee Jochem Kamphuis
- Referee Joost van Zuilen
- Referee Johan Balder
- Referee Clay Ruperti
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern Munchen 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodo/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC Kobenhavn 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Dec Chelsea FC H 3–3 D 28 Nov PFC CSKA Moskva A 2–0 W 23 Nov Malmo FF A 1–1 D 19 Nov FK Nizhny Novgorod H 5–1 W 07 Nov FK Ural A 0–0 D 02 Nov Juventus FC A 2–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Dec FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg A 3–3 D 04 Dec West Ham United FC A 2–3 L 01 Dec Watford FC A 2–1 W 28 Nov Manchester United FC H 1–1 D 23 Nov Juventus FC H 4–0 W 20 Nov Leicester City FC A 3–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history30% Clean Sheets
Chelsea FC this season -
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg is hosting Chelsea FC for another epic battle.
- 2' GOAL! Timo Werner scores on 2.
- 7' It’s high time Thomas Tuchel made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 12' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Vyacheslav Karavaev suffering a number of foals already.
- 17' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 22' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 22.
- 27' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chelsea FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 32' Yaroslav Rakitskii has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 37' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Callum Hudson-Odoi.
- 38' What an equalizer from Claudinho!
- 41' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg is taking the lead after the goal scored by Sardar Azmoun on 41.
- 46' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 51' It is a substitution in FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg team. Wendel is replaced by Andrei Mostovoi on 51 minute.
- 56' Supporters expect more eagerness from Reece James, as he is very good at scoring at Gazprom Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 60' A meaty challenge results in booking for Dejan Lovren on 60.
- 62' Goal! Romelu Lukaku scores his 140 goal in 396 matches.
- 65' It is a substitution in Chelsea FC team. Callum Hudson-Odoi is replaced by Christian Pulisic on 65 minute.
- 70' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 70 minutes.
- 75' The whistle greets Romelu Lukaku as he departs to be replaced by Kai Havertz.
- 79' Another change for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg made on 79 minute. Sardar Azmoun leaves to be changed by Artem Dzyuba.
- 84' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 85' Timo Werner puts Chelsea FC on the lead.
- 90' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg
Starting XI- 6
- 15
- 3
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10
Malcom ↓ Magomed Ozdoev 79'
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8
Wendel ↓ Andrei Mostovoi 51'
- 14
- 5
- 44
- 41
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7
Sardar Azmoun ↓ Artem Dzyuba 79'
- 11
Bench-
21
Aleksandr Erokhin ↑ 79'
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22
Artem Dzyuba ↑ 79'
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4
Danil Krugovoi ↑ 65'
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27
Magomed Ozdoev ↑ 79'
- 19
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17
Andrei Mostovoi ↑ 51'
- 71
- 94
- 64
- 91
- 85
Coach Sergey SemakChelsea FC
Starting XI- 1
- 28
- 4
- 20
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18
Ross Barkley ↓ Hakim Ziyech 65'
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9
Romelu Lukaku ↓ Kai Havertz 75'
- 19
- 24
- 31
- 11
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17
Saul ↓ Marcos Alonso 75'
Bench- 2
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3
Marcos Alonso ↑ 75'
- 12
- 13
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22
Hakim Ziyech ↑ 65'
- 6
- 16
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29
Kai Havertz ↑ 75'
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10
Christian Pulisic ↑ 65'
Coach Thomas Tuchel -
Head to Head
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form
2021-12-08 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–3 Chelsea FC D 2021-11-28 PFC CSKA Moskva 0–2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg W 2021-11-23 Malmo FF 1–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg D 2021-11-19 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 5–1 FK Nizhny Novgorod W 2021-11-07 FK Ural 0–0 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg D 2021-11-02 Juventus FC 4–2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg L