Zenit 3-2 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 15 February 2012
Result
Zenit 3-2 Benfica
Champions League · Wednesday 15 February 2012, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Zenit 3-2 Benfica: match report
Zenit defeated Benfica 3-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 15 February 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.
M. Pereira opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Zenit's goals came from Roman Shirokov (27'), Sergey Semak (71') and Roman Shirokov (88'). Benfica scored through M. Pereira (20') and O. Cardozo (87').
Discipline: Zenit received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Zenit were 24th on 9 points from 6 and Benfica 3rd on 20 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Zenit lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Zenit's last five read D-D-W-D-W and Benfica's W-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Luisão
- 17'Yellow card · Mikael Stahre
- 20'Goal · M. Pereira
- 27'Goal · Roman Shirokov
- 45+1'Yellow card · Bruno César
- 63'Yellow card · Aleksandr Anyukov
- 71'Goal · Sergey Semak
- 75'Yellow card · P. Aimar
- 87'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 88'Goal · Roman Shirokov
Team news
Zenit expected line-up (4-3-2-1)
Vyacheslav Malafeev, Aleksandr Anyukov, Nicolas Lombaerts, Fernando Meira, Danny, Igor Denisov, Viktor Fayzulin, Aleksandr Bukharov, Konstantin Zyryanov, Roman Shirokov
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Artur Moraes, Emerson, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Axel Witsel, Bruno César, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Matić, Óscar Cardozo, Rodrigo