Zenit 3-1 Anderlecht: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 23 February 2017
Result
Zenit 3-1 Anderlecht
Europa League · Thursday 23 February 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Zenit 3-1 Anderlecht: match report
Zenit defeated Anderlecht 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 23 February 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Giuliano opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Zenit's goals came from Giuliano (24'), Artem Dzyuba (72') and Giuliano (78'). Anderlecht scored through Isaac Kiese Thelin (90').
Discipline: Zenit received 3 yellow cards; Anderlecht received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Zenit were 20th on 15 points from 7 and Anderlecht 7th on 20 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Zenit lined up in a 4-3-3 and Anderlecht in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Giuliano of Zenit (9.0), ahead of Artem Dzyuba (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Zenit wins, 0 draws and 2 for Anderlecht.
Going into the match Zenit's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Anderlecht's W-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Giuliano
- 29'Yellow card · Youri Tielemans
- 31'Yellow card · Luís Neto
- 41'Yellow card · Javi García
- 72'Goal · Artem Dzyuba
- 78'Goal · Giuliano
- 81'Yellow card · Frank Acheampong
- 90'Goal · Isaac Kiese Thelin
- 90+2'Yellow card · Leander Dendoncker
- 90+4'Yellow card · Yuri Lodygin
Head-to-head
Team news
Zenit line-up (4-3-3)
Yuriy Lodygin, Aleksandr Anyukov, Domenico Criscito, Luís Neto, Yury Zhirkov, Giuliano, Maurício, Javi García, Abdelghani Aouamri, Danny, Artem Dzyuba
Anderlecht line-up (4-3-3)
Rubén, Olivier Deschacht, Uros Spajic, Andy Nájar, Ivan Obradović, Youri Tielemans, Leander Dendoncker, Nicolae Stanciu, Alexandru Chipciu, Frank Acheampong, Isaac Kiese Thelin