Benfica 2-0 Zenit: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 6 March 2012

Result

Benfica 2-0 Zenit

Champions League · Tuesday 6 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Benfica 2-0 Zenit: match report

Benfica won against Zenit 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 6 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

M. Pereira opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Benfica's goals came from M. Pereira (45+1') and Nélson Oliveira (90+3'). Zenit did not score.

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Zenit received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 20 points from 11 and Zenit 16th on 12 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Zenit in a 4-1-2-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Zenit.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-W-D-D-W and Zenit's W-D-D-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Aleksandr AnyukovZenit
  • 15'Yellow card · Javi GarcíaBenfica
  • 45+1'Goal · M. PereiraBenfica · 1-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Igor DenisovZenit
  • 90+3'Goal · Nélson OliveiraBenfica · 2-0
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Nélson OliveiraBenfica

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Benfica 0, draws 0, Zenit 1.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Artur Moraes, Emerson, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Axel Witsel, Jardel, Javi García, Bruno César, Nico Gaitán, Óscar Cardozo, Rodrigo

Zenit line-up (4-1-2-3)

Vyacheslav Malafeev, Aleksandr Anyukov, Domenico Criscito, Nicolas Lombaerts, T. Hubočan, Igor Denisov, Vladimir Bystrov, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Roman Shirokov, Konstantin Zyryanov, S. Semak