FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Champions League 2019-20 GROUP STAGE
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FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Champions League .
- FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 games · 9 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Juan Martinez
- Referee Carlos del Cerro
- Referee Juan Carlos Yuste
- Referee Roberto Alonso
- Referee Jose Sanchez
- Referee Guillermo Cuadra
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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Oct Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 3–1 W 28 Sep FK Lokomotiv Moskva A 0–1 L 21 Sep FK Rubin Kazan H 5–0 W 17 Sep Olympique Lyonnais A 1–1 D 13 Sep PFK Arsenal Tula H 3–1 W 01 Sep FK Spartak Moskva A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Oct FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg A 1–3 L 28 Sep Vitoria FC H 1–0 W 21 Sep Moreirense FC A 2–1 W 17 Sep RB Leipzig H 1–2 L 14 Sep Gil Vicente FC H 2–0 W 01 Sep Sporting Clube de Braga A 4–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season -
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg gets underway.
- 5' 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.
- 10' It looks surprising Sport Lisboa e Benfica does not make any changes. Branislav Ivanovic has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 20' It’s high time Sergei Semak made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 21' What a strike from Artem Dzyuba! The score is 1-0.
- 26' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg that had 392 games and scored 531 goals.
- 31' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 36' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 36.
- 41' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 44' A meaty challenge results in booking for Yaroslav Rakitskii on 44.
- 49' 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.
- 54' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 54 minutes.
- 59' The travelling Sport Lisboa e Benfica supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 60' Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Carlos Vinicius is hanging Pizzi on the field on 60 minute.
- 63' It is a substitution in FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg team. Igor Smolnikov is replaced by Yordan Osorio on 63 minute.
- 68' Vyacheslav Karavaev is replacing Oleg Shatov for the FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg side.
- 70' What a strike from Ruben Dias! The score is 1-1.
- 75' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 78' Goal! Sardar Azmoun scores his 81 goal in 206 matches.
- 81' Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Raul de Tomas is hanging Haris Seferovic on the field on 81 minute.
- 85' GOAL! Raul de Tomas scores on 85.
- 90' It looks like no one’s ball. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- Another three points for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg.
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FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg
Starting XI- 3
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19
Igor Smolnikov ↓ Yordan Osorio 63'
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- 27
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Bench-
15
Vyacheslav Karavaev ↑ 68'
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21
Aleksandr Erokhin ↑ 81'
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Yordan Osorio ↑ 63'
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Coach Sergei SemakSport Lisboa e Benfica
Starting XI- 6
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21
Pizzi ↓ Carlos Vinicius 60'
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- 49
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Haris Seferovic ↓ Raul de Tomas 81'
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Ljubomir Fejsa ↓ Caio 60'
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Bench-
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Carlos Vinicius ↑ 60'
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Raul de Tomas ↑ 81'
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Caio ↑ 60'
Coach Bruno Nascimento -
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form
2019-10-02 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2019-09-28 FK Lokomotiv Moskva 1–0 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg L 2019-09-21 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 5–0 FK Rubin Kazan W 2019-09-17 Olympique Lyonnais 1–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg D 2019-09-13 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–1 PFK Arsenal Tula W 2019-09-01 FK Spartak Moskva 0–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg WSport Lisboa e Benfica Form
2019-10-02 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2019-09-28 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–0 Vitoria FC W 2019-09-21 Moreirense FC 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2019-09-17 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–2 RB Leipzig L 2019-09-14 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 Gil Vicente FC W 2019-09-01 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–4 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W

