Benfica 1-0 Zenit: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 16 February 2016

Result

Benfica 1-0 Zenit

Champions League · Tuesday 16 February 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica 1-0 Zenit: match report

Benfica beat Zenit 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 16 February 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Jonas of Benfica in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Benfica received 4 yellow cards; Zenit received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Benfica were 5th on 14 points from 6 and Zenit 17th on 11 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Zenit in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonas of Benfica (8.0), ahead of Victor Lindelöf (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 1 draw and 2 for Zenit.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · André AlmeidaBenfica
  • 32'Yellow card · Axel WitselZenit
  • 35'Yellow card · JardelBenfica
  • 43'Yellow card · PizziBenfica
  • 59'Yellow card · Javi GarcíaZenit
  • 67'Yellow card · Domenico CriscitoZenit
  • 90'Second yellow · Domenico CriscitoZenit
  • 90+1'Goal · JonasBenfica · 1-0
  • 90+2'Yellow card · JonasBenfica

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Benfica 1, draws 1, Zenit 2.

Team news

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

Júlio César, Victor Lindelöf, Eliseu, Jardel, André Almeida, Andreas Samaris, Nico Gaitán, Jonas, Pizzi, Renato Sanches, Konstantinos Mitroglou

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

Yuriy Lodygin, Aleksandr Anyukov, Domenico Criscito, Nicolas Lombaerts, Ezequiel Garay, Hulk, Danny, Oleg Shatov, Javi García, Axel Witsel, Artem Dzyuba